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KNELL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("knell" is a kind of...):

bell; toll (the sound of a bell being struck)

Derivation:

knell (make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification)

knell (ring as in announcing death)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification

Example:

My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church

Synonyms:

knell; ring

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "knell" is one way to...):

sound (cause to sound)

Cause:

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "knell"):

toll (ring slowly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

knell (the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Ring as in announcing death

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "knell" is one way to...):

peal; ring (sound loudly and sonorously)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

knell (the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something)

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