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Definition of Knell

1. Verb. Ring as in announcing death.

2. Noun. The sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something.

3. Verb. Make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification. "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"

Definition of Knell

1. n. The stroke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything.

2. v. i. To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen.

3. v. t. To summon, as by a knell.

Definition of Knell

1. Verb. (intransitive) to ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) to signal or proclaim something by ringing a bell. ¹

3. Noun. the sound of a bell knelling; a toll. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Knell

1. to sound a bell [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Knell

kneels kneen kneepad kneepads kneepan kneepans kneepiece kneepieces knees knees-up

knees-ups kneesies kneesock kneesocks kneidlach knell (current term) knelled knelling knells knelt

knessets knevell knevelled knevells knew knew someone in the biblical sense knewest kneweth knick-knack knick-knacks

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