knells

noun

  1. 1

    The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).

  2. 2

    A sign of the end or demise of something or someone.

verb

  1. 1

    To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.

  2. 2

    To signal or proclaim something (especially a death) by ringing a bell.

  3. 3

    To summon by, or as if by, ringing a bell.

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