Meaning of "peal" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PEAL

Pele, variant of apeleappeal.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PEAL

peal  [piːl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEAL

Peal is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb peal in English.

WHAT DOES PEAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Peal

In campanology, a peal is the name given to a specific type of performance of change ringing. The precise definition of a peal has changed considerably over the years. Currently, for a performance to be recognised as a peal by the Central Council for Church Bell Ringers it must consist of at least 5040 changes on up to seven working bells, or a minimum of 5000 on higher numbers of bells, meet a number of other criteria, and be published in The Ringing World. Originally a peal referred to a set sequence of changes of any length, now more often referred to as a touch. The original meaning is still in use today in call-change ringing. The most famous and frequently rung call change peal, associated with the Devon Association of ringers, is named 60 on 3rds. Related to this meaning is the practice of raising or lowering in peal, that is making the bells ready for change ringing by gradually increasing their swing until each bell is turning through a full circle, and then once ringing has finished returning them to their safe resting position by gradually reducing the amount of swing.

Definition of peal in the English dictionary

The first definition of peal in the dictionary is a loud prolonged usually reverberating sound, as of bells, thunder, or laughter. Other definition of peal is a series of changes rung in accordance with specific rules, consisting of not fewer than 5000 permutations in a ring of eight bells. Peal is also the set of bells in a belfry.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PEAL

PRESENT

Present

I peal

you peal

he/she/it peals

we peal

you peal

they peal

Present continuous

I am pealing

you are pealing

he/she/it is pealing

we are pealing

you are pealing

they are pealing

Present perfect

I have pealed

you have pealed

he/she/it has pealed

we have pealed

you have pealed

they have pealed

Present perfect continuous

I have been pealing

you have been pealing

he/she/it has been pealing

we have been pealing

you have been pealing

they have been pealing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I pealed

you pealed

he/she/it pealed

we pealed

you pealed

they pealed

Past continuous

I was pealing

you were pealing

he/she/it was pealing

we were pealing

you were pealing

they were pealing

Past perfect

I had pealed

you had pealed

he/she/it had pealed

we had pealed

you had pealed

they had pealed

Past perfect continuous

I had been pealing

you had been pealing

he/she/it had been pealing

we had been pealing

you had been pealing

they had been pealing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will peal

you will peal

he/she/it will peal

we will peal

you will peal

they will peal

Future continuous

I will be pealing

you will be pealing

he/she/it will be pealing

we will be pealing

you will be pealing

they will be pealing

Future perfect

I will have pealed

you will have pealed

he/she/it will have pealed

we will have pealed

you will have pealed

they will have pealed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been pealing

you will have been pealing

he/she/it will have been pealing

we will have been pealing

you will have been pealing

they will have been pealing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would peal

you would peal

he/she/it would peal

we would peal

you would peal

they would peal

Conditional continuous

I would be pealing

you would be pealing

he/she/it would be pealing

we would be pealing

you would be pealing

they would be pealing

Conditional perfect

I would have peal

you would have peal

he/she/it would have peal

we would have peal

you would have peal

they would have peal

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been pealing

you would have been pealing

he/she/it would have been pealing

we would have been pealing

you would have been pealing

they would have been pealing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you peal
we let´s peal
you peal

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to peal

Past participle

pealed

Present Participle

pealing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PEAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «peal» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of peal

blast · carillon · chime · clamour · clang · clap · crack · crash · fit · gale · hoot · howl · resonate · resound · resounding · reverberate · reverberation · ring · ringing · roar · roll · rumble · scream · shout · shriek · sound · tintinnabulate · tintinnabulation · toll

TRANSLATION OF PEAL

Find out the translation of peal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of peal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «peal» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: > 一声接一声地鸣响
• Translator English - Spanish: repicar
• English: peal
• Translator English - Hindi: गरज
• Translator English - Arabic: جلجلة
• Translator English - Russian: звон
• Translator English - Portuguese: badalar
• Translator English - Bengali: নিনাদ
• Translator English - French: carillonner
• Translator English - Malay: Peal
• Translator English - German: läuten
• Translator English - Japanese: >鳴り響く
• Translator English - Korean: > 울리다
• Translator English - Javanese: Peal
• Translator English - Vietnamese: vang dậy
• Translator English - Tamil: பெருமுழக்கம்
• Translator English - Marathi: कुपी
• Translator English - Turkish: gürleme
• Translator English - Italian: suonare a distesa
• Translator English - Polish: grzmieć
• Translator English - Ukrainian: дзвін
• Translator English - Romanian: hohot
• Translator English - Greek: κωδωνοκρουσία
• Translator English - Afrikaans: donderslag
• Translator English - Swedish: klockringning
• Translator English - Norwegian: peal

QUOTES WITH «PEAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word peal.

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Frederick Tennyson

Softly the loud peal dies, In passing winds it drowns, But breathes, like perfect joys, Tender tones.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEAL»

Discover the use of peal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to peal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education

The. Research. of. Peal. and. Lambert. Bitingualism and Intelligence 2: Bilingualism and Creative Thinking Bilingual Associations. Peal & Lambert's ( 1962) sample of children comprised 164 ten year olds from six middle class French schools ...

Colin Baker, Sylvia Prys Jones, 1998

Bell-a-peal: Official Publication of the Bell Family ...

Sometimes, jokingly, we refer to lis project as a test of our good marriage. To our many CBI friends, your editorial contributions and kind srnarks will be remembered; for without member participation Bell~A~Peal would not exist. For this reason ...

‎2001

Language Contact and Bilingualism

Although a few of the 'older' studies pointed to positive intellectual consequences of bilingualism, an extensive study by Peal and Lambert ( 1962) heralded a major shift in the academic consensus about the relation between bilingualism and ...

René Appel, Pieter Muysken, 2005

Lightning: Physics and Effects

The terms “clap”, “peal”, “roll”, and “rumble” are most commonly used to describe the sounds of thunder. Claps are sudden loud sounds lasting from about 0.2 to 2 s (Latham 1964). They are apparently produced when individual thunder ...

Vladimir A. Rakov, Martin A. Uman, 2003

Advances in Biometric Person Authentication: 5th Chinese ...

Considering these limitations, we design and construct a large-scale Chinese face database (the CAS-PEAL face database), which is now partly made available as a released subset named by CAS-PEAL-R1. In the paper, the recommended ...

S. Z. Li, 2004

The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle

The glory of Oxford was the peal of Oseney Abbey, consisting of rive. Their names were, Douce, Clement, Hautileve, Gabriel, and John. Stowe gives the following account of the celebrated bells of St. Paul's Cathedral : " Near unto the schoole ...

‎1829

The Gentleman's Magazine (London, England)

The> glory of Oxford was the peal of Oseney Abbey, consisting of five. Their names were, Douce, Clement, Hautileve, Gabriel, and John. Stowe gives the following account of the celebrated bells of St. Paul's Cathedral : " Near unto the schoole ...

‎1829

A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament

XriStf Dn 3, 4so & nnStf 3l5 5s: short space of time, moment, bah Sa'"td' at the same moment, at once Dn 3,.ls 4S0 55; k'Sa'd h'dd for a moment 4M. f DDE?: Heb. = : peal: pt. pi. TPP$: judge, pt. judge Ezr 7,,. t ~PD#: fair, lovely Dn 4„.18. t %tr.

William Lee Holladay, 1971

The Gentleman's Magazine

Vug. Eel. 5, UROM deep embow'ring shades and Gothic cells, [dwells, Where, wrapt in thought, celestial Science Oxonia calls, with glad triumphant voice, And, crocii'd with olive, bids her sons rejoice. Long thro' these groves the distant-, peal  ...

John Nichols, 1814

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE AND HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.

The glory of Oxford was the peal nf Oseney Abbey, consisting of five. Their names were, Douce, Clement, Hautileve, Gabriel, and John. Stowe gives the following account of the celebrated bells of St. Paul's Cathedral : " Near unto the sclioole ...

SYLVANUS URBAN, 1829

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term peal is used in the context of the following news items.

A village wedding

At the appointed hour the church bells began to peal, and the bride and her entourage emerged from her home, at the other end of a small lane ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»

Jolie to direct war drama for Netflix

When playing the wife of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Peal in 2007's A Mighty Heart, Angelina formed a similar bond with the ... «TV Newsroom, Jul 15»

The Quan Ho Love Duet Singer

She was giving a peal of laughter, while the soldier was pulling water from the well and pouring it into her pail. He even was struggling with her ... «Viet Nam News, Jul 15»

Miami Dolphins changing their practice schedule

For years the Miami Dolphins have been looking for the right practice schedule to optimize peal performance on Sundays -- or Mondays or ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»

Construction on Pearl Street aims to make for easier trip to waterfront

“This will make is easier to get to the city's waterfront,” Mayor Byron W. Brown said Friday at a press conference held at the corner of Peal and ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»

Construction on Pearl Street aims to make trip to waterfront easier

“This will make is easier to get to the city's waterfront,” Mayor Byron W. Brown said Friday at a press conference held at the corner of Peal and ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»

Livingston residents sound off on fireworks controversy

“People do need to be responsible,” Jacobs said. Contact Livingston Daily reporter Wayne Peal at 5170-548-7081 or [e-mail]. «Livingston Daily, Jul 15»

Written by Nick Field, Managing Editor

Dr. Badger also serves as youth director of the PEAL Center(Parent Education & Advocacy Leadership) – which assists families of children with ... «PoliticsPA, Jul 15»

Dad Thinks Disney Doll 'Sadness' Stirs Up Suicidal Thoughts in Kids

... go to bed -- and it took some serious time and effort to peal away the layers of defenses she'd built up to realize that deep down, she was sad ... «The Stir, Jul 15»

Bullish about Puri bulls, but Maharathy won't touch Lingaraj's bulls!

A peal of laughter followed. Despite his determination to free the Grand Road of bulls, however, the minister sounded quite sympathetic to the ... «Odisha Sun Times, Jul 15»