MEANING
To sound in a loud ringing burst or succession of bursts.
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Words that belong together
- bells peal
- peal across a valley
On the page
The bells pealed across the empty fields.
Word forms
- Base
- peal
- Past tense
- pealed
- Past participle
- pealed
- Present participle
- pealing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- peal
- Present continuous
- am/is/are pealing
- Present perfect
- have/has pealed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been pealing
- Past
- pealed
- Past continuous
- was/were pealing
- Past perfect
- had pealed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been pealing
- Future
- will peal
- Future continuous
- will be pealing
- Future perfect
- will have pealed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been pealing
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Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: peal; peals; pealed; pealed; pealing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: peals.
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