Peal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A ringing of a set of bells, especially a change or set of changes rung on bells.
  • n. A set of bells tuned to each other; a chime.
  • n. A loud burst of noise: peals of laughter.
  • verb-intransitive. To sound in a peal; ring.
  • v. To sound loudly and sonorously.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc.
  • v. To sound with a peal or peals.
  • v. To utter or sound loudly.
  • v. To assail with noise.
  • v. To pour out.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.
  • verb-intransitive. To appeal.
  • n. A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, of a multitude, etc.
  • n. A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells.
  • verb-intransitive. To utter or give out loud sounds.
  • verb-intransitive. To resound; to echo.
  • v. To utter or give forth loudly; to cause to give out loud sounds; to noise abroad.
  • v. To assail with noise or loud sounds.
  • v. To pour out.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts of a multitude, etc.
  • n. A set of bells tuned to one another; a chime or carillon; a ring.
  • n. A musical phrase or figure played on a set of bells, properly a scale or part of a scale played up or down, but also applied to any melodic figure; a change.
  • To sound loudly; resound: as, the pealing organ.
  • To assail with noise.
  • To utter loudly and sonorously; cause to ring or sound; celebrate.
  • To stir or agitate.
  • To appeal.
  • n. Appeal; plaint; accusation.
  • n. See peel.
  • An obsolete variant of pile.
  • n. A name used in England for different species of the genus Salmo, as S. salar, the salmon, or S. cambricus, a trout found in England, Ireland, and Norway. The latter is also called sewin.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
  • v. ring recurrently
  • v. sound loudly and sonorously
  • Verb Form
    pealed    pealing    peals   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sound    ring   
    Cross Reference
    in peal    muffled peal    dumb peal   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    grilse    sewin    appeal    resound    echo    ringing    set    outbreak   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Biel    Brasil    Camille    Cecile    Cele    Ciel    Emil    Emile    Keil    Kiel   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clang    shout    rumble    yell    bellow    clamor    uproar    clap    chorus    din