to toll a funeral knell

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• funeral — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. obsequies; burial, interment, entombment. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Rites for the dead] Syn. burial, interment, last rites, obsequies, memorial service, burial ceremony, sepulture, entombment, mortuary… …   English dictionary for students

• Knell — Knell, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Knelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Knelling}.] [OE. knellen, knillen, As. cnyllan. See {Knell}, n.] To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen. [1913 Webster] Not… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• knell — [nel] vi. [ME knyllen & (with echoic vowel change) knellen < OE cnyllan, akin to MHG (er)knellen: prob. echoic] 1. to ring in a slow, solemn way; toll 2. to sound ominously or mournfully vt. to call or announce by or as by a knell n. 1. the… …   English World dictionary

• knell — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cnyllan; akin to Middle High German erknellen to toll Date: before 12th century transitive verb to summon or announce by or as if by a knell intransitive verb 1. to ring especially for a death,… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• knell — Synonyms and related words: annihilation, bane, bell, bemoan, bewail, biological death, bong, cessation of life, change ringing, chime, chiming, chink, clang, clanging, clangor, clank, clanking, clinical death, clink, coronach, crossing the bar,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• knell — n 1. death knell, death toll, death or funeral or mourning bell; (all of funeral bells) toll, tolling, Archaic. knolling, sounding, resounding, peal, pealing, ring, ringing, chime, chiming, tintinnabulation. v 2. toll, Archaic. knoll, sound,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• knell — 1. verb /nɛl/ a) to ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll. b) to signal or proclaim something by ringing a bell. 2 …   Wiktionary

• knell — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. funeral or death bell. See death. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ring, toll, signal, death bell; see bell 2 , noise 1 . v. Syn. peal, toll, chime; see ring 3 , sound 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To… …   English dictionary for students

• Death knell — A death knell is the ringing of a bell to announce a death. This is also called tolling the bell. The ancient custom of ringing a church bell at the actual time of death (The Passing Bell, or rather the Death Knell) fell into disuse in England by …   Wikipedia

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• Knelled — Knell Knell, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Knelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Knelling}.] [OE. knellen, knillen, As. cnyllan. See {Knell}, n.] To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English