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neals

neals is the third-person singular simple present indicative of neal.

Meaning of neal

Verb

neal (third-person singular simple present neals, present participle nealing, simple past and past participle nealed)

  1. (transitive) To temper by heat.
  2. (intransitive) To be tempered by heat.
    • We laid this Glass[…]warily upon a few Quick-coals, and having suffered it to neal awhile1684, Robert Boyle, Essay on the Porousness of Solid Bodies

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Proper noun capitalized: Neals

Neals (plural Nealses)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Forms of neals

pluralNealses

Origin of neals

Variant of Neal, with excrescent -s.

Questions about neals

What does neals mean?
Neals means a surname from Irish.
What is neals the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Neals is the third-person singular simple present indicative of neal.
What part of speech is neals?
Neals is a proper noun.

Words near neals in the dictionary

  1. neallotype
  2. nealogic
  3. nealogy
  4. Nealon
  5. Nealons
  6. neals
  7. Nealses
  8. Nealy
  9. Nealys
  10. neam
  11. Neamdale

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