neal
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Neal¹
- /niːl/
Sounds like kneel, Neil, Niel · Rhymes with -iːl
proper noun Neals
- A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] derived from Niall.
- A male given name from Irish, transferred from the surname.
- A male given name, variant of Neil.
- An unincorporated community in Pike County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Greenwood County, Kansas.
- A hamlet in Boyd County, Kentucky, opposite Neal, West Virginia.
- A ghost town in Long Lake Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.
neal²
- /niːl/
Where it comes from
See anneal.
verb neals · nealing · nealed
- To temper by heat.
- To be tempered by heat. We laid this Glass[…]warily upon a few Quick-coals, and having suffered it to neal awhile
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: neill, neil, ford, squat, stoop, hunker, bow, genuflect, crouch, kowtow, grovel, curtsy, supplicate, bend, dip, sink
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