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toll

/toʊl/ /təʊl/
  1. 1 (çan) ağır ağır çalmak, matem çanı çalmak

Definition (English)

To ring slowly and repeatedly, often because someone has died, or to ring a bell like this.

Example Sentences

  1. The town hall bell tolled twelve times at midnight.
    Belediye binasının çanı gece yarısı on iki kez ağır ağır çaldı.
  2. An old man tolled the bell at the start of the ceremony.
    Törenin başında yaşlı bir adam çanı ağır ağır çaldı.

Verb Forms Regular

Base toll
/toʊl/
Past tolled
/toʊld/
Participle tolled
/toʊld/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edtoll → tolled

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil yumuşak (ötümlü) bir ünsüzle, /l/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /d/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. tolled /toʊld/

Synonyms

Collocations

the bell tollstoll a belltoll for someonetoll the hourfor whom the bell tolls

Phrases 5

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