KNELL

knell

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

ring, knell

(verb) make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; “Ring the bells”; “My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church”

knell

(verb) ring as in announcing death

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

knell (third-person singular simple present knells, present participle knelling, simple past and past participle knelled)

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

(transitive) To signal or proclaim something (especially a death) by ringing a bell.

(transitive) To summon by, or as if by, ringing a bell.

Noun

knell (plural knells)

The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).

(figuratively) A sign of the end or demise of something or someone.

Proper noun

Knell (plural Knells)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Knell is the 21568^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1210 individuals. Knell is most common among White (94.05%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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Knell, n. Etym: [OE. knel, cnul, AS. cnyll, fr. cnyllan to sound a bell; cf. D. & G. knallen to clap, crack, G. & Sw. knall a clap, crack, loud sound, Dan. knalde to clap, crack. Cf. Knoll, n. & v.]

Definition: The stoke 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. The dead man's knell Is there scarce asked for who. Shak. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day. Gray.

Knell, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Knelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Knelling.] Etym: [OE. knellen, knillen, As. cnyllan. See Knell, n.]

Definition: To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen. Not worth a blessing nor a bell to knell for thee. Beau. & Fl. Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known, Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word, "alone". Ld. Lytton.

Knell, v. t.

Definition: To summon, as by a knell. Each matin bell, the baron saith, Knells us back to a world of death. Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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