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pealing

/ˈpiːlɪŋ/

pealing is the present participle and gerund 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

See all 10 meanings of peal

Noun

pealing (plural pealings)

  1. The sound made by bells as they peal.
    • Then when the words were said, and man's form had tried to sanctify that which was already divine, we walked amid the pealings of the “Wedding March” into the vestry[…]1895, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Stark Munro Letters

Forms of pealing

pluralpealings

Phrases with pealing

Words that rhyme with pealing

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Questions about pealing

What does pealing mean?
Pealing means the sound made by bells as they peal.
What is pealing the present participle and gerund of?
Pealing is the present participle and gerund of peal.
What part of speech is pealing?
Pealing is a noun.
How do you pronounce pealing?
Pealing is pronounced /ˈpiːlɪŋ/.
What is the plural of pealing?
The plural of pealing is pealings.

Words near pealing in the dictionary

  1. pealed out
  2. pealess
  3. pealest
  4. pealeth
  5. pealike
  6. pealing
  7. pealing out
  8. pealings
  9. Peall
  10. Pealling
  11. Pealls

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