tolled
- 1Simple past and past participle of toll.
The cathedral bells tolled slowly for the soldiers who had fallen.
Tradition required that the deep bell be tolled at the stroke of noon.
Note
One spelling carries two quite different families of meaning. With bells, the bell can be the subject (the bell tolled at noon) or the object (they tolled the bell), and the form stays the same. It also belongs to money: a bridge tolled by the county, travelers tolled at the gate. And it can mean summoned, as when mourners are tolled to church. Context, not grammar, tells you which is meant.
The new bridge was tolled to pay for its construction.
The deep bell tolled the villagers to evening prayer.
tolled is a form of toll
toll, verb: To charge a fee, or take a portion of goods, for the use of something such as a road or bridge, or from people or things passing through. Full entry
- Spelling
- toll → tolled: add -ed
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