chime-bells

  • 11chime — chime1 [ tʃaım ] verb intransitive or transitive to make a high ringing sound like a bell or set of bells: the clock chimes one/three/six etc. (=makes a series of sounds to show what the time is): Somewhere a clock chimed midnight. ,chime in… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 12chime — I UK [tʃaɪm] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms chime : present tense I/you/we/they chime he/she/it chimes present participle chiming past tense chimed past participle chimed to make a high ringing sound like a bell or set of bells… …

    English dictionary

  • 13chime — I. noun Etymology: Middle English chimbe, from Old English cimb ; akin to Middle Dutch kimme edge of a cask Date: 14th century the edge or rim of a cask or drum II. verb (chimed; chiming) Date: 14th century intransitive verb …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 14chime — Synonyms and related words: accord, accordance, agree, agreement, alliterate, alliteration, announce, answer to, articulate, assent, assonance, assonate, assort with, atone, attune, attunement, battery, be consistent, be harmonious, be in tune,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 15chime — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a a set of attuned bells. b the series of sounds given by this. c (usu. in pl.) a set of attuned bells as a door bell. 2 agreement, correspondence, harmony. v. 1 a intr. (of bells) ring. b tr. sound (a bell or chime) by striking.… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 16chime — I. n. 1. Consonance, harmony, correspondence of sound. 2. Set of chimed bells, chime of bells. 3. Ringing of the chimes or of a chime. II. v. n. Harmonize, accord, sound in harmony …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 17chime — 1. verb 1) the bells began to chime Syn: ring, peal, toll, sound; ding, dong, clang, boom, bong; literary knell 2) the clock chimed eight o clock Syn: strike, sound 2 …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 18chime — chime1 [tʃaım] v 1.) [I and T] if a bell or clock chimes, it makes a ringing sound, especially to tell you what time it is ▪ The clock in the hall chimed six. 2.) to be the same as something else or to have the same effect chime with ▪ Her views… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19chime — 1 verb 1 (I, T) if a bell or clock chimes, it makes a ringing sound, especially to tell you what time it is: The grandfather clock chimed six. 2 (intransitive + with) to be the same as something else or to have the same effect: Her views on art… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20chime — [13] Etymologically, chime is the same word as cymbal – indeed it originally meant ‘cymbal’ in English – but the route by which it reached English is not altogether clear. Latin cymbalum was borrowed into Old French as chimbe, which is perhaps… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins