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Webster 1913 Edition


Chime

Chime

(chīm)
,
Noun.
[See
Chimb
.]
See
Chine
,
Noun.
, 3.

Chime

(chīm)
,
Noun.
[OE.
chimbe
, prop., cymbal, OF.
cymbe
,
cymble
, in a dialectic form,
chymble
, F.
cymbale
, L.
cymbalum
, fr. Gr.
κύμβαλον
. See
Cymbal
.]
1.
The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments.
Instruments that made melodius
chime
.
Milton.
2.
A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the
pl.
, the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their divisions.
We have heard the
chimes
at midnight.
Shakespeare
3.
Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound.
Chimes of verse.”
Cowley.

Chime

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Chimed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Chiming
.]
[See
Chime
,
Noun.
]
1.
To sound in harmonious accord, as bells.
2.
To be in harmony; to agree; to suit; to harmonize; to correspond; to fall in with.
Everything
chimed
in with such a humor.
W. irving.
3.
To join in a conversation; to express assent; – followed by in or in with.
[Colloq.]
4.
To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
Cowley

Chime

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
And
chime
their sounding hammers.
Dryden.
2.
To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
Chime
his childish verse.
Byron.

Webster 1828 Edition


Chime

CHIME

,
Noun.
1.
The consonant or harmonic sounds of several correspondent instruments.
Instruments that made melodious chime.
2.
Correspondence of sound.
Love - harmonized the chime.
3.
The musical sounds of bells, struck with hammers.
4.
Correspondence of proportion or relation.
5.
A kind of periodical music, or tune of a clock, produced by an apparatus annexed to it.
6.
A set of bells which chime, or ring in harmony.

Definition 2024


chime

chime

English

Noun

chime (plural chimes)

  1. (music) A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
    Sylvia had a recording of someone playing the chimes against a background of surf noise that she found calming.
    Hugo was a chime player in the school orchestra.
  2. An individual ringing component of such a set.
    Peter removed the C# chime from its mounting so that he could get at the dust that had accumulated underneath.
  3. A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
    The professor had stuffed a wad of gum into the chime of his doorbell so that he wouldn't be bothered.
  4. The sound of such an instrument or device.
    The copier gave a chime to indicate that it had finished printing.
  5. A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
    Strike the bell with the brass chime hanging on the chain next to it.
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Verb

chime (third-person singular simple present chimes, present participle chiming, simple past and past participle chimed)

  1. (intransitive) To make the sound of a chime.
    The microwave chimed to indicate that it was done cooking.
    I got up for lunch as soon as the wall clock began chiming noon.
  2. (transitive) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
    • Dryden
      And chime their sounding hammers.
  3. (transitive) To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
    • Byron
      Chime his childish verse.
  4. (intransitive) To agree; to correspond.
    The other lab's results chimed with mine, so I knew we were on the right track with the research.
    • Washington Irving
      Everything chimed in with such a humor.
  5. To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowley to this entry?)
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Etymology 2

See chimb.

Noun

chime (plural chimes)

  1. A chine; the edge of a cask.

Anagrams


Irish

Noun

chime m

  1. Lenited form of cime.