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toll1

toll1

 
pronunciation:
tol
parts of speech:
verb, noun
features:
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part of speech: verb
inflections: tolls, tolling, tolled
definition 1: to cause to ring with slow, even strokes.
They are tolling the bell for the men lost at sea.
similar words:
chime, clang, ring, sound
definition 2: to call or announce by ringing a large bell.
The church bell tolled the hour.
synonyms:
sound
similar words:
call, chime
definition 3: to ring with slow single sounds.
"Ask not for whom the bell tolls..."
similar words:
clang, peal, ring, sound
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part of speech: noun
definition: the act of ringing a large bell, or the sound made by ringing a large bell.
synonyms:
ring
similar words:
chime, clang, peal, resonance, sound
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