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chime
I. \ˈchīm\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English chime, chimbe cymbal, from Old French chimbe, cymbe, from Latin cymbalum — more at cymbal
1. : a mechanical or electrical apparatus for chiming a bell or set of bells
< wind a clock chime >
specifically : an electrically operated chime used in place of a doorbell
2.
a. : a set of bells tuned in a scale and capable of playing melody but not properly harmony — compare carillon
b. : one of a set of objects giving a bell-like sound when struck — usually used in plural
< stone chimes >
< gong chimes >
< organ chimes >
c. : bell 6a
3.
a. : the sound of a set of bells — usually used in plural
< we have heard the chimes at midnight — Shakespeare >
b. : a musical sound resembling or suggesting that of bells
c. : a sequence of musical or harmonious sounds
4. : order and proportion : accord, harmony
< nature's chime >
< each keeping chime with the other >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English chimen, chimben to resound when struck, to produce a ringing sound, from chime, chimbe cymbal
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to make a musical especially harmonious sound (as of a bell)
< the bells in the bell tower chimed throughout the day >
< words chime and ring in her ears — Virginia Woolf >
< some could harmonize … and some could barely carry a tune, but they all chimed together — Marcia Davenport >
b. : to make the sounds of a chime
< the doorbell chimed twice >
2. : to be or act in harmonious accord
< the music and the mood chimed well together >
— usually used with with
< the swan singing before death … chimes so perfectly with Yeat's conception of pride — D.A.Stauffer >
3. : to call by means of bells or chimes
< churches and chapels that chime to services all day — J.P.O'Donnell >
transitive verb
1.
a. : to strike (as a bell or set of bells) so as to produce a musical sound or a chime
< a device to chime bells for morning service >
specifically : to sound (a bell) by striking from the outside or by swinging only a bell clapper or by describing only a small arc in sounding — distinguished from ring and peal
b. : to cause to sound or chime especially harmoniously in this way
< he chimes one note against another — Virginia Woolf >
2. : to produce by chiming : give forth (as sound or music) in chimes
< a church bell tower chiming hymns >
3. : to indicate (an hour of the day) by chiming
< a clock chiming midnight >
4. : to call or bring to a place or condition by chiming
< bells chiming a congregation to church >
< the soft sounds of the distant city chimed her to sleep >
5. : to utter repetitively or mechanically : din 2
< chime the same phrases over and over >
< chime a foolish slogan into our ears >
III. \ˈchīm\ noun
or chine \ˈchīn\; also chimb \ˈchīm\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English chimbe, from Old English cimb- (in cimbstān base of a pillar); akin to Middle Dutch kimme edge of a cask, Middle Low German, outer edge, horizon, Old English camb comb — more at comb
1.
a. : the portion of the staves of a cask that extend from the croze to the rim
b. : the rim of a cask or of any casklike container
2. : the chamfer on the rim of a cask or on a single cask stave
IV. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to chamfer the ends of the staves to form the chime of (a cask) |