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As a verb, knell means ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral. As a noun, it means the sound of a bell knelling.
Meanings of knell
8 meaningsverb
To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.
To signal or proclaim something (especially a death) by ringing a bell.
To summon by, or as if by, ringing a bell.
Ring as in announcing death
Make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
“Ring the bells”
“My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church”
Similar: ring
noun
The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).
figurativelyA sign of the end or demise of something or someone.
The sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).