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# peal

«peal» in Mova's school dictionary: **The loud ringing sound of bells** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a peal, peals); verb (peal, peals, pealed, pealing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The loud ringing sound of bells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peal/#m1)

2) A loud sound, such as a peal of thunder or a peal of laughter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peal/#m2)

3) To ring loudly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peal/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In church, bells peal for weddings, Sundays and Christmas; at Christmas in The Wind in the Willows the field mice come carol-singing to Mole's door. In stories, a peal of laughter tells the reader someone laughs joyfully.

### examples

- The church bells pealed for the wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peal/#x1)
- A peal of thunder shook the house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peal/#x2)
- Peals of laughter came from the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peal/#x3)
- The bells rang out a joyful peal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peal/#x4)
- The doorbell pealed loudly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peal/#x5)
- The bells pealed at midnight on New Year's Eve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peal/#x6)
- The lightning flashed, and the thunder rolled in one long-continued peal all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peal/#x7)

### note

Homophone: «peel» (the skin of fruit). Peal = sound; peel = skin.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «peal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.