DEATH KNELL

Meaning of DEATH KNELL in English

noun

1. : passing bell

2. : an action or event presaging death or destruction

the coming of the power press was the death knell of the hand press

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

DEATH KNELL — 1. a harbinger of the end, death, or destruction of something. 2. See passing bell .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEATH KNELL — ■ noun 1》 the tolling of a bell to mark someone's death. 2》 an event that heralds the end of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DEATH KNELL — (also knell ) noun [ sing. ] an event that means that the end or destruction of sth will come …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEATH KNELL — ˈdeath knell BrE AmE noun [singular] a sign that something will soon fail or stop existing ⇨ death blow (sound/strike/toll) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DEATH-KNELL — see death knell
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEATH KNELL — also death-knell If you say that something sounds the death knell for a particular person or thing, you mean it …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEATH KNELL — also death-knell If you say that something sounds the ~ for a particular person or thing, you mean it will …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DEATH-KNELL — see death knell
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DEATH KNELL — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Do we now hear yet another death knell for readability studies? ▪ The death knell …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEATH KNELL — {n.}, {formal} 1. The ringing of a bell at a death or funeral. * /The people mourned at the death …
Slang English vocab
DEATH KNELL — n. to sound the ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
DEATH KNELL — {n.}, {formal} 1. The ringing of a bell at a death or funeral. * /The people mourned at the death …
Словарь английских идиом
DEATH KNELL — n. , formal 1. The ringing of a bell at a death or funeral. The people mourned at the death …
American Idioms English vocabulary
DEATH KNELL — похоронный звон - to sound the * for smth. предвещать конец чего-л.
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEATH KNELL — охоронный звон to sound the death knell for smth. /of smth./ - предвещать конец /гибель/ чего-л.
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DEATH KNELL — похоронный звон to sound the ~ for smth. /of smth./ - предвещать конец /гибель/ чего-л.
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
DEATH KNELL — охоронный звон to sound the death knell for smth. /of smth./ - предвещать конец /гибель/ чего-л.
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DEATH KNELL — погребальный звон, страшное предзнаменование
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
DEATH KNELL — погребальный звон, страшное предзнаменование
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
DEATH KNELL — похоронный звон - to sound the * for smth. предвещать конец чего-л.
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
KNELL — n. funeral clocheada
English interlingue dictionary
KNELL — agoniyas;batingting sa minatay or lubong;dubla
English-Visayan vocabulary
KNELL — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cnyllan; akin to Middle High German er~en to toll Date: before 12th …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DEATH — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Bataan Death March Black Death brain death death penalty dance of death Death Valley …
Английский словарь Британика
KNELL — I. ˈnel verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English knillen, knellen, from Old English cnyllan; akin to Middle High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEATH — ˈdeth noun ( plural deaths -ths sometimes -thz) Etymology: Middle English deeth, deth, from Old English dēath; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KNELL — (v. t.) To summon, as by a knell.
Английский словарь Webster
KNELL — (n.) To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning …
Английский словарь Webster
KNELL — (n.) The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; …
Английский словарь Webster
KNELL — ( v. t. ) To summon, as by a knell.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
KNELL — ( n. ) To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
KNELL — /nel/ , n. 1. the sound made by a bell rung slowly, esp. for a death or a funeral. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEATH — /deth/ , n. 1. the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KNELL — I. ˈnel verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cnyllan; akin to Middle High German er knellen to toll Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEATH — noun Etymology: Middle English deeth, from Old English dēath; akin to Old Norse dauthi death, deyja to die — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KNELL — vt to summon, as by a knell. 2. knell ·noun to sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a …
Webster English vocab
DEATH — vi danger of death. 2. death ·vi cause of loss of life. 3. death ·vi loss of spiritual life. 4. …
Webster English vocab
KNELL — [knell] vb [ME, fr. OE cnyllan; akin to MHG erknellen to toll] vt (bef. 12c): to summon or announce by …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEATH — [death] n [ME deeth, fr. OE death; akin to ON dauthi death, deyja to die--more at die] (bef. 12c) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEATH
Britannica English vocabulary
KNELL — knell BrE AmE nel ▷ knells nelz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DEATH — death BrE AmE deθ ▷ deaths deθs ▶ ˈ death camp BrE AmE ▶ ˈ death cell BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
KNELL — / nel; NAmE / noun [ sing. ] = death knell •• WORD ORIGIN Old English cnyll (noun), cnyllan (verb), …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEATH — / deθ; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] the fact of sb dying or being killed : a sudden …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KNELL — knell /nel/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: cnyll ] literary the sound of a bell …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DEATH — death S1 W1 /deθ/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ dead , ↑ death , deadliness; adjective …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KNELL — n. & v. --n. 1 the sound of a bell, esp. when rung solemnly for a death or funeral. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DEATH — n. 1 the final cessation of vital functions in an organism; the ending of life. 2 the event that terminates …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KNELL — n. & v. n. 1 the sound of a bell, esp. when rung solemnly for a death or funeral. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DEATH — n. 1 the final cessation of vital functions in an organism; the ending of life. 2 the event that terminates …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KNELL — n. & v. --n. 1. the sound of a bell, esp. when rung solemnly for a death or funeral. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
DEATH — n.1 the final cessation of vital functions in an organism; the ending of life. 2 the event that terminates life. …
Oxford English vocab
DEATH — ( deaths) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Death is the permanent …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KNELL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES death knell ▪ The loss of Georgia would sound the death knell of Republican hopes. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEATH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KNELL — [noun] - death knell, see at death
Cambridge English vocab
DEATH — [noun] - the end of life She lived here for four years before her death. [C]Their sudden deaths in a …
Cambridge English vocab
DEATH — n. programmed cell death Bataan Death March Black Death brain death death penalty dance of death Death Valley near death …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
KNELL
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEATH — Synonyms and related words : Azrael, Black Death, Death, Grim Reaper, Pale Death, Reaper, Z, angel of death, annihilation, apodosis, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
KNELL — See: DEATH KNELL.
Slang English vocab
DEATH — See ↑ DIE 6 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be a matter of life and death/be a matter of life or death …
Longman Activator English vocab
KNELL — n. 25B6; noun (poetic/literary) the knell of the ship's bell : TOLL, tolling, dong, resounding, reverberation; death knell; archaic tocsin. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
KNELL — See: DEATH KNELL.
Словарь английских идиом

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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