- the sound made by a bell rung slowly, especially for a death or a funeral.
- a sound or sign announcing the death of a person or the end, extinction, failure, etc., of something: the knell of parting day.
- any mournful sound.
- to sound, as a bell, especially a funeral bell.
- to give forth a mournful, ominous, or warning sound.
- to proclaim or summon by, or as if by, a bell.
- the sound of a bell rung to announce a death or a funeral
- something that precipitates or indicates death or destruction
- to ring a knell
- to proclaim or announce by or as if by a tolling bell
