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Meaning of 'peal' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Peal [ n.]
- A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.
- A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, of a multitude, etc.
- A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells.
2 . Peal [ v. i.]
- To appeal.
- To utter or give out loud sounds.
- To resound; to echo.
3 . Peal [ v. t.]
- To utter or give forth loudly; to cause to give out loud sounds; to noise abroad.
- To assail with noise or loud sounds.
- To pour out.

Meaning of 'peal' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . peal [ v]
Meaning (1):
- ring recurrently
Example in sentence:
  • bells were pealing
Meaning (2):
- sound loudly and sonorously
Example in sentence:
  • the bells rang

Nearby Words:

pea pea-jacket peabird peabody bird peace peaceable peacebreaker peaceful peaceless peacemaker

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