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1chime — c.1300, from L. cymbalum (see CYMBAL (Cf. cymbal), which is what this word originally meant), perhaps through O.Fr. chimbe or directly from L. as O.E. cimbal, either one likely misinterpreted as chymbe bellen chime bells, a sense attested from… …
2Chime (bell instrument) — A carillon like instrument with fewer than 23 bells is called a chime. American chimes usually have one to one and a half diatonic octaves. Many chimes play an automated piece of music. Prior to 1900, chime bells typically lacked dynamic… …
3chime — chime1 [chīm] n. [ME chimbe, cimble < OFr < L cymbalum, CYMBAL] 1. a contrivance for striking a bell or set of bells 2. [usually pl.] a) a set of bells tuned to a musical scale b) a similar set of metal tubes, hung vertically and struck… …
4Chime — (ch[imac]m), n. [OE. chimbe, prop., cymbal, OF. cymbe, cymble, in a dialectic form, chymble, F. cymbale, L. cymbalum, fr. Gr. ky mbalon. See {Cymbal}.] 1. The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments. [1913 Webster] Instruments that… …
5Chime — Chime, v. i. 1. To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony. [1913 Webster] And chime their sounding hammers. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically. [1913… …
6Chime — Chime, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chiming}.] [See {Chime}, n.] 1. To sound in harmonious accord, as bells. [1913 Webster] 2. To be in harmony; to agree; to suit; to harmonize; to correspond; to fall in with. [1913 Webster]… …
7chime — chime1 chimer, n. /chuym/, n., v., chimed, chiming. n. 1. an apparatus for striking a bell so as to produce a musical sound, as one at the front door of a house by which visitors announce their presence. 2. Often, chimes. a. a set of bells or of… …
8Chime — Contents 1 Musical instrument or tone 2 Popular culture 3 Other 4 …
9chime — I [[t]tʃaɪm[/t]] n. v. chimed, chim•ing 1) an apparatus for striking one or more bells, as a doorbell at the front door of a house 2) mad Often, chimes a) a set of bells or of slabs of metal, stone, wood, etc., producing musical tones when struck …
10chime — I. /tʃaɪm / (say chuym) noun 1. a device for striking a bell or bells so as to produce a musical sound: a door chime; the chimes of Big Ben. 2. a set of vertical metal tubes struck with a hammer, as used in the modern orchestra. 3. the sound… …
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… …
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… …
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 …
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,… …
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.… …
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 …
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 …
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… …
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… …
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… …
