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pealed

/piːld/

pealed is the simple past and past participle of peal.

Meaning of peal

Verb

peal (third-person singular simple present peals, present participle pealing, simple past and past participle pealed)

  1. (intransitive) To sound with a peal or peals.
    • Then pealed the bells more loud and deep...1864, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Christmas Bells
  2. (transitive) To utter or sound loudly.
    • The warrior's name, / Though pealed and chimed on all the tongues of fame.1807, Joel Barlow, The Columbiad
  3. (transitive) To assail with noise.
    • Nor was his ear less pealed.1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  4. (intransitive) To resound; to echo.
    • And the whole air pealed / With the cheers of our men.1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Cumberland
  5. (obsolete) To appeal.
    • To A baron of chekker þay mun hit pele'.c. 1450, The Boke of Curtasye

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Questions about pealed

What is pealed the simple past and past participle of?
Pealed is the simple past and past participle of peal.
How do you pronounce pealed?
Pealed is pronounced /piːld/.

Words near pealed in the dictionary

  1. peal out
  2. Peale
  3. Peale's dolphin
  4. Peale's falcon
  5. Peale's falcons
  6. pealed
  7. pealed out
  8. pealess
  9. pealest
  10. pealeth
  11. pealike

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