Pealed vs Mealed - What's the difference?

pealed | mealed |

As verbs the difference between pealed and mealed

is that pealed is past tense of peal while mealed is past tense of meal.

pealed

English

Verb

(head)

(peal)

Anagrams

peal

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc.

* 1883:

And, falling on a bench, he laughed until the tears ran down his cheeks, I could not help joining; and we laughed together, peal' after ' peal

* Hayward

a fair peal of artillery

* Shakespeare

whether those peals of praise be his or no

* Byron

and a deep thunder, peal' on ' peal , afar

A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale.

The changes rung on a set of bells.

Verb

(en verb)

To sound with a peal or peals.

* 1864: , Christmas Bells

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep...

* 1939: , In My Merry Oldsmobile

To the church we'll swiftly steal, then our wedding bells will peal ,

You can go as far you like with me, in my merry Oldsmobile.

* 2006: New York Times

The bell pealed 20 times, clanging into the dusk as Mr. Bush’s motorcade drove off.

To utter or sound loudly.

* J. Barlow

The warrior's name, / Though pealed and chimed on all the tongues of fame.

To assail with noise.

* Milton

Nor was his ear less pealed .

To resound; to echo.

* Longfellow

And the whole air pealed / With the cheers of our men.

(UK, dialect) To pour out.

(Halliwell)

(obsolete) To appeal.

(Spencer)

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

(en noun)

A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.

Anagrams

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mealed

English

Verb

(head)

(meal)

meal

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

(senseid)Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time (e.g. breakfast = morning meal, lunch = noon meal, etc).

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)

, title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.}}

Food served or eaten as a repast.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April, author=Anna Lena Phillips, volume=100, issue=2, page=172

, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Sneaky Silk Moths , passage=Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.}}

Hyponyms

* See also

Derived terms

* make a meal of * meal mob * meal station * meal ticket

Etymology 2

From (etyl) mele, from (etyl) . More at (l).

Noun

(-)

The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals; flour.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)

, title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal .}}

Derived terms

* mealy * cornmeal * oatmeal

Etymology 3

Variation of mole (compare (etyl) mail), from (etyl) mole, mool, from (etyl) . More at (l).

Noun

(en noun)

A speck or spot.

A part; a fragment; a portion.

Verb

(en verb)

To defile or taint.

Were he meal'd with that / Which he corrects, than were he tyrannous. ? Shakespeare.

Anagrams

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