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noun
noun
- A sound made by the voice; vocalization.
- (music) The final regulation of the pitch and tone of any sound-producing entity, especially of an organ or similar musical instrument.
- (phonetics, phonology) A classification of speech sounds that tend to be associated with vocal cord vibration.
- (phonology) A phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one.
- (music) A particular arrangement of notes to form a chord.
- (phonetics) The articulatory process in which the vocal cords vibrate.
- the act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color
verb
noun
- pitch of the voice
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- something crucial for explaining
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
adj
verb
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
adj
noun
- a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
- a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
- (orthography) A letter or diacritic representing the sound of a vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, w (rarely), y (sometimes).
- (phonetics) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
verb
adj
- Full of voices.
- full of the sound of voices
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
- Synonym of expressive.
- (phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng.
- Having or exercising the power of producing voice, speech, or sound.
- (phonetics) Synonym of vocalic.
- (music) Relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice.
- Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.
- Expressing opinions or feelings freely, loudly, or insistently.
- (anatomy) Used in the production of speech sounds.
- relating to or designed for or using the singing voice
- given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
- having or using the power to produce speech or sound
noun
- (phonetics) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic.
- (music) A part of a piece of music that is sung.
- (acting) A musical performance involving singing.
- (Catholicism) A man in the Roman Catholic Church who has a right to vote in certain elections.
- a short musical composition with words
- music intended to be performed by one or more singers, usually with instrumental accompaniment
adj
noun
adj
noun
- the pitch range of the highest male voice
- an adult male with a tenor voice
- the adult male singing voice above baritone
- the general meaning or substance of an utterance
- a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life
- Tone, as of a conversation.
- (colloquial, music) A tenor saxophone.
- That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
- The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.
- A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
- (finance) Time to maturity of a bond.
- (linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
- (law) An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.
- (music) A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
- Stamp; character; nature.
noun
- The key or sound of the voice.
- A type of pasta similar to macaroni.
- (especially in informal contexts) A water pipe.
- (Canada, US, colloquial, historical) The distance travelled between two rest periods during which one could smoke a pipe.
- (computing, typography) The character |.
- (music) A tube used to produce sound in an organ; an organ pipe.
- (mining) An elongated or irregular body or vein of ore.
- (computing) A mechanism that enables one program to communicate with another by sending its output to the other as input.
- (Australia, colloquial, historical) An anonymous satire or essay, insulting and frequently libellous, written on a piece of paper which was rolled up and left somewhere public where it could be found and thus spread, to embarrass the author's enemies.
- (computing, slang) A data backbone, or broadband Internet access.
- (smoking) A hollow stem with a bowl at one end used for smoking, especially a tobacco pipe but also including various other forms such as a water pipe.
- (geology) A vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano through which magma has passed, often filled with volcanic breccia.
- The contents of such a vessel, as a liquid measure, sometimes set at 126 wine gallons; half a tun.
- Decorative edging stitched to the hems or seams of an object made of fabric (clothing, hats, curtains, pillows, etc.), often in a contrasting color; piping.
- (music) A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube.
- (lacrosse) One of the goalposts of the goal.
- A high-pitched sound, especially of a bird.
- A tubular passageway in the human body such as a blood vessel or the windpipe.
- (slang) A man's penis.
- (slang) A telephone.
- A rigid tube that transports water, steam, or other fluid, as used in plumbing and numerous other applications.
- A large container for storing liquids or foodstuffs; now especially a vat or cask of cider or wine. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
- the flues and stops on a pipe organ
- a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
- a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
- a hollow cylindrical shape
- a tubular wind instrument
verb
- (intransitive) To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
- (transitive) To install or configure with pipes.
- (transitive) To dab moisture away from.
- (US, journalism, slang) To invent or embellish (a story).
- (transitive, computing, chiefly Unix) To directly feed (the output of one program) as input to another program, indicated by the pipe character (|) at the command line.
- (intransitive) Of a queen bee: to make a high-pitched sound during certain stages of development.
- (transitive, nautical) To order or signal by a note pattern on a boatswain's pipe.
- (intransitive) To shout loudly and at high pitch.
- (transitive, slang, of a man) To have sex with a woman.
- (transitive, figuratively) To lead or conduct as if by pipes, especially by wired transmission.
- (intransitive, metallurgy) Of a metal ingot: to become hollow in the process of solidifying.
- (transitive, cooking) To create or decorate with piping (icing).
- (transitive) To hit with a pipe.
- (transitive) To convey or transport (something) by means of pipes.
- (ambitransitive) To play (music) on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute.
- utter a shrill cry
- trim with piping
- transport by pipeline
- play on a pipe
noun
- the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities
- (medicine) The sound produced by a hollow body part such as the chest cavity upon auscultation, especially that produced while the patient is speaking.
- a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system
- an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation
- having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
- a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people
- (sociology) A quality of human relationship with the world.
- (figuratively) Something that evokes an association, or a strong emotion; something that strikes a chord.
- (countable) A resonant sound, echo, or reverberation, such as that produced by blowing over the top of a bottle.
- (physics) The increase in the amplitude of an oscillation of a system under the influence of a periodic force whose frequency is close to that of the system's natural frequency.
- (chemistry) The property of a compound that can be visualized as having two structures differing only in the distribution of electrons.
- (uncountable) The quality of being resonant.
- (electronics) The condition where the inductive and capacitive reactances have equal magnitude.
- An increase in the strength or duration of a musical tone produced by sympathetic vibration.
- (astronomy) An influence of the gravitational forces of one orbiting object on the orbit of another, causing periodic perturbations.
- (nuclear physics) A short-lived subatomic particle or state of atomic excitation that results from the collision of atomic particles.
verb
- utter with tense vocal chords
- (transitive, Internet) To remove the voice flag from a user on IRC, preventing them from sending messages to the channel.
- (transitive, phonetics) To pronounce a sound with little or no vibration of the vocal cords, especially a sound that is normally pronounced with such vibration (i.e. a voiced sound).
noun
- (music) A vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice.
- A quick drink of liquor.
- (baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
- (weaponry) A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.
- A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
- A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
- (usually capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
- (military, nautical) A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces.
- (astronomy) A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
- A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
- (astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
- (geography, geology) A mostly-continuous, often curvilinear structure expressed on the surface or in the subsurface of a terrestrial planet or other solid planemo, such as a mountain belt, a fold and thrust belt, or an ore belt.
- A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
- Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
- (clothing) A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
- endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
- a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)
- ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun
- a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)
- a vigorous blow
- the act of hitting vigorously
- an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found
verb
- (transitive, informal, normally belt out) To scream or sing in a loud, strong manner.
- (transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.
- (transitive) To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.
- (transitive) To fasten a belt on; to encircle with a belt.
- (transitive, colloquial) To hit someone or something, especially forcefully; to bash.
- (transitive) To hit with a belt.
- (transitive, baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
- (intransitive) To move, run, drive, etc., very fast.
- (transitive) To encircle; to surround.
- deliver a blow to
- sing loudly and forcefully
- fasten with a belt
noun
- A change in pitch or tone of voice.
- (grammar, uncountable) The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
- (countable) An affix representing a given variation.
- (countable) Any specific type of morphological variation, which applies to a given class of terms.
- (countable) Any specific morphological form of a particular term, such as the principal parts for any given stem; any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation.
- (optometry) Diffraction.
- (mathematics) A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
- A turning away from a straight course.
- deviation from a straight or normal course
- a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
- the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
- a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
noun
- the quality of a person's voice
- the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
- a musical interval of two semitones
- a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
- the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
- (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
- a steady sound without overtones
- (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- (music) A specific pitch.
- (music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
- The shade or quality of a colour.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) a gun
- (language, literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed, especially the aspects of diction (word choice), connotation, emotiveness, and register.
- (painting) The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
- (music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
- The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
- The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
- (language, linguistics) The pitch of a word's sound that distinguishes a difference in meaning, as for example in Chinese.
- The general character, atmosphere, mood, or vibe (of a situation, place, etc.).
- (biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
- (biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
- (Chiefly in the form lower/raise the tone of something) The quality of being respectable or admirable.
verb
- vary the pitch of one's speech
- give a healthy elasticity to
- utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
- change to a color image
- change the color or tone of
- (transitive) to change the colour of
- (transitive) to make (something) firmer
- (transitive) to give a particular tone to
- (transitive) to utter with an affected tone.
pron
noun
- the lower ranges of the voice in speaking or singing
- (phonology, music) A kind of voice of a medium or low pitch and a sonorous quality ascribed to resonance in the chest, or thorax; voice of the thick register. It is produced by vibration of the vocal cords through their entire width and thickness, and with convex surfaces presented to each other.
noun
- a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register
- (music, countable) A person who sings in falsetto.
- (singing, uncountable) The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by using the next highest vocal folds above those used for speech and normal range singing. It is commonly confused with the head voice register.
adj
verb
noun
- a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
- the pitch range of the lowest female voice
- the lowest female singing voice
- (of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments
- the highest adult male singing voice
- A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody.
- (colloquial, music) An alto saxophone.
- A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part.
adj
noun
- a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
- expressing in coherent verbal form
- A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced.
- a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
- the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
- something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- (metonymy) a singer
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
- (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
- the ability to speak
- (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, which indicates the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
- (literature) A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
- (music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
- Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.
- One who speaks; a speaker.
- (Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether they can send messages to the channel.
- The tone or sound emitted by an object.
- (figurative) An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered.
- (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
- The faculty or power of utterance.
- That which is communicated; message; meaning.
verb
- give voice to
- utter with vibrating vocal chords
- (television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
- (transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
- (transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
- (transitive, Internet, IRC) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
- (transitive, phonology) To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
adj
- Lacking a voice, without vocal sound.
- (phonetics, of a consonant or vowel) Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd, breathed. Examples: [t], [s], [f], [m̥], [u̥].
- (figurative) Without a vote; having no input into a decision.
- uttered without voice
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
- being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech
noun
- the higher ranges of the voice in speaking or singing; the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head
- (informal) One's internal monologue.
- (phonology, music) A kind of voice of high pitch and of a thin quality ascribed to resonance in the head; voice of the thin register. In producing it, the vibration of the cords is limited to their thin edges in the upper part, which are then presented to each other.
noun
- speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
- having no voice in the management or control of affairs
- (phonetics, of a consonant) The property of being spoken without vibration of the vocal cords, as /t/, /s/, or /f/.
- a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice
- The condition of being voiceless
noun
- speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
- a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
- (figurative) A faint trace or hint (of something).
- (occult) A projection of intention and influence caused by sending thoughts or desires outward through softly-spoken words or subtle mental or energetic means.
- (usually in the plural) A rumor.
- A low rustling sound, like that of the wind in leaves.
- The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially without vibration of the vocal cords.
- (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room.
verb
- speak softly; in a low voice
- (transitive) To mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.
- (intransitive) To speak softly or under one's breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration of the vocal cords which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound.
- (intransitive) To make a low, sibilant sound.
- (transitive) To say (something) softly or under one's breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter (something) without sonant breath, without that vibration of the vocal cords which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound.
- (intransitive) To speak with suspicion or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
- To exercise skill in taming or training a creature.
- (occult) To project intention and influence events by sending thoughts or desires outward through softly-spoken words or subtle mental or energetic means; to subject someone or something to this influence.
- (Internet) To send a private message to an individual in a chat room.
noun
- speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
- a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
- The sound of whispers;
- Something that is whispered; gossip; a rumor.
- (occult) The projection of intention and influence caused by sending thoughts or desires outward through softly-spoken words or subtle mental or energetic means.
adj
verb
noun
noun
- A sound made by the voice; vocalization.
- (music) The final regulation of the pitch and tone of any sound-producing entity, especially of an organ or similar musical instrument.
- (phonetics, phonology) A classification of speech sounds that tend to be associated with vocal cord vibration.
- (phonology) A phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one.
- (music) A particular arrangement of notes to form a chord.
- (phonetics) The articulatory process in which the vocal cords vibrate.
- the act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color
verb
noun
- pitch of the voice
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- something crucial for explaining
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
adj
verb
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
noun
- a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
- a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
- (orthography) A letter or diacritic representing the sound of a vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, w (rarely), y (sometimes).
- (phonetics) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
verb
noun
- The key or sound of the voice.
- A type of pasta similar to macaroni.
- (especially in informal contexts) A water pipe.
- (Canada, US, colloquial, historical) The distance travelled between two rest periods during which one could smoke a pipe.
- (computing, typography) The character |.
- (music) A tube used to produce sound in an organ; an organ pipe.
- (mining) An elongated or irregular body or vein of ore.
- (computing) A mechanism that enables one program to communicate with another by sending its output to the other as input.
- (Australia, colloquial, historical) An anonymous satire or essay, insulting and frequently libellous, written on a piece of paper which was rolled up and left somewhere public where it could be found and thus spread, to embarrass the author's enemies.
- (computing, slang) A data backbone, or broadband Internet access.
- (smoking) A hollow stem with a bowl at one end used for smoking, especially a tobacco pipe but also including various other forms such as a water pipe.
- (geology) A vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano through which magma has passed, often filled with volcanic breccia.
- The contents of such a vessel, as a liquid measure, sometimes set at 126 wine gallons; half a tun.
- Decorative edging stitched to the hems or seams of an object made of fabric (clothing, hats, curtains, pillows, etc.), often in a contrasting color; piping.
- (music) A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube.
- (lacrosse) One of the goalposts of the goal.
- A high-pitched sound, especially of a bird.
- A tubular passageway in the human body such as a blood vessel or the windpipe.
- (slang) A man's penis.
- (slang) A telephone.
- A rigid tube that transports water, steam, or other fluid, as used in plumbing and numerous other applications.
- A large container for storing liquids or foodstuffs; now especially a vat or cask of cider or wine. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
- the flues and stops on a pipe organ
- a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
- a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
- a hollow cylindrical shape
- a tubular wind instrument
verb
- (intransitive) To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
- (transitive) To install or configure with pipes.
- (transitive) To dab moisture away from.
- (US, journalism, slang) To invent or embellish (a story).
- (transitive, computing, chiefly Unix) To directly feed (the output of one program) as input to another program, indicated by the pipe character (|) at the command line.
- (intransitive) Of a queen bee: to make a high-pitched sound during certain stages of development.
- (transitive, nautical) To order or signal by a note pattern on a boatswain's pipe.
- (intransitive) To shout loudly and at high pitch.
- (transitive, slang, of a man) To have sex with a woman.
- (transitive, figuratively) To lead or conduct as if by pipes, especially by wired transmission.
- (intransitive, metallurgy) Of a metal ingot: to become hollow in the process of solidifying.
- (transitive, cooking) To create or decorate with piping (icing).
- (transitive) To hit with a pipe.
- (transitive) To convey or transport (something) by means of pipes.
- (ambitransitive) To play (music) on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute.
- utter a shrill cry
- trim with piping
- transport by pipeline
- play on a pipe
noun
- the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities
- (medicine) The sound produced by a hollow body part such as the chest cavity upon auscultation, especially that produced while the patient is speaking.
- a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system
- an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation
- having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
- a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people
- (sociology) A quality of human relationship with the world.
- (figuratively) Something that evokes an association, or a strong emotion; something that strikes a chord.
- (countable) A resonant sound, echo, or reverberation, such as that produced by blowing over the top of a bottle.
- (physics) The increase in the amplitude of an oscillation of a system under the influence of a periodic force whose frequency is close to that of the system's natural frequency.
- (chemistry) The property of a compound that can be visualized as having two structures differing only in the distribution of electrons.
- (uncountable) The quality of being resonant.
- (electronics) The condition where the inductive and capacitive reactances have equal magnitude.
- An increase in the strength or duration of a musical tone produced by sympathetic vibration.
- (astronomy) An influence of the gravitational forces of one orbiting object on the orbit of another, causing periodic perturbations.
- (nuclear physics) A short-lived subatomic particle or state of atomic excitation that results from the collision of atomic particles.
noun
- (music) A vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice.
- A quick drink of liquor.
- (baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
- (weaponry) A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.
- A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
- A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
- (usually capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
- (military, nautical) A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces.
- (astronomy) A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
- A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
- (astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
- (geography, geology) A mostly-continuous, often curvilinear structure expressed on the surface or in the subsurface of a terrestrial planet or other solid planemo, such as a mountain belt, a fold and thrust belt, or an ore belt.
- A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
- Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
- (clothing) A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
- endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
- a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)
- ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun
- a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)
- a vigorous blow
- the act of hitting vigorously
- an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found
verb
- (transitive, informal, normally belt out) To scream or sing in a loud, strong manner.
- (transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.
- (transitive) To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.
- (transitive) To fasten a belt on; to encircle with a belt.
- (transitive, colloquial) To hit someone or something, especially forcefully; to bash.
- (transitive) To hit with a belt.
- (transitive, baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
- (intransitive) To move, run, drive, etc., very fast.
- (transitive) To encircle; to surround.
- deliver a blow to
- sing loudly and forcefully
- fasten with a belt
noun
- A change in pitch or tone of voice.
- (grammar, uncountable) The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
- (countable) An affix representing a given variation.
- (countable) Any specific type of morphological variation, which applies to a given class of terms.
- (countable) Any specific morphological form of a particular term, such as the principal parts for any given stem; any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation.
- (optometry) Diffraction.
- (mathematics) A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
- A turning away from a straight course.
- deviation from a straight or normal course
- a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
- the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
- a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
adj
noun
- the pitch range of the highest male voice
- an adult male with a tenor voice
- the adult male singing voice above baritone
- the general meaning or substance of an utterance
- a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life
- Tone, as of a conversation.
- (colloquial, music) A tenor saxophone.
- That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
- The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.
- A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
- (finance) Time to maturity of a bond.
- (linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
- (law) An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.
- (music) A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
- Stamp; character; nature.
noun
- the quality of a person's voice
- the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
- a musical interval of two semitones
- a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
- the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
- (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
- a steady sound without overtones
- (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
- (music) A specific pitch.
- (music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
- The shade or quality of a colour.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) a gun
- (language, literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed, especially the aspects of diction (word choice), connotation, emotiveness, and register.
- (painting) The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
- (music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
- The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
- The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
- (language, linguistics) The pitch of a word's sound that distinguishes a difference in meaning, as for example in Chinese.
- The general character, atmosphere, mood, or vibe (of a situation, place, etc.).
- (biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
- (biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
- (Chiefly in the form lower/raise the tone of something) The quality of being respectable or admirable.
verb
- vary the pitch of one's speech
- give a healthy elasticity to
- utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
- change to a color image
- change the color or tone of
- (transitive) to change the colour of
- (transitive) to make (something) firmer
- (transitive) to give a particular tone to
- (transitive) to utter with an affected tone.
pron
noun
- the lower ranges of the voice in speaking or singing
- (phonology, music) A kind of voice of a medium or low pitch and a sonorous quality ascribed to resonance in the chest, or thorax; voice of the thick register. It is produced by vibration of the vocal cords through their entire width and thickness, and with convex surfaces presented to each other.
noun
- a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register
- (music, countable) A person who sings in falsetto.
- (singing, uncountable) The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by using the next highest vocal folds above those used for speech and normal range singing. It is commonly confused with the head voice register.
adj
verb
noun
- a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
- the pitch range of the lowest female voice
- the lowest female singing voice
- (of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments
- the highest adult male singing voice
- A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody.
- (colloquial, music) An alto saxophone.
- A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part.
adj
noun
- a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
- expressing in coherent verbal form
- A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced.
- a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
- the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
- something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- (metonymy) a singer
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
- (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
- the ability to speak
- (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, which indicates the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
- (literature) A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
- (music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
- Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.
- One who speaks; a speaker.
- (Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether they can send messages to the channel.
- The tone or sound emitted by an object.
- (figurative) An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered.
- (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
- The faculty or power of utterance.
- That which is communicated; message; meaning.
verb
- give voice to
- utter with vibrating vocal chords
- (television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
- (transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
- (transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
- (transitive, Internet, IRC) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
- (transitive, phonology) To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
noun
- the higher ranges of the voice in speaking or singing; the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head
- (informal) One's internal monologue.
- (phonology, music) A kind of voice of high pitch and of a thin quality ascribed to resonance in the head; voice of the thin register. In producing it, the vibration of the cords is limited to their thin edges in the upper part, which are then presented to each other.
noun
- speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
- having no voice in the management or control of affairs
- (phonetics, of a consonant) The property of being spoken without vibration of the vocal cords, as /t/, /s/, or /f/.
- a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice
- The condition of being voiceless
noun
- speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
- a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
- (figurative) A faint trace or hint (of something).
- (occult) A projection of intention and influence caused by sending thoughts or desires outward through softly-spoken words or subtle mental or energetic means.
- (usually in the plural) A rumor.
- A low rustling sound, like that of the wind in leaves.
- The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially without vibration of the vocal cords.
- (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room.
verb
- speak softly; in a low voice
- (transitive) To mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.
- (intransitive) To speak softly or under one's breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration of the vocal cords which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound.
- (intransitive) To make a low, sibilant sound.
- (transitive) To say (something) softly or under one's breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter (something) without sonant breath, without that vibration of the vocal cords which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound.
- (intransitive) To speak with suspicion or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
- To exercise skill in taming or training a creature.
- (occult) To project intention and influence events by sending thoughts or desires outward through softly-spoken words or subtle mental or energetic means; to subject someone or something to this influence.
- (Internet) To send a private message to an individual in a chat room.
noun
- speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
- a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
- The sound of whispers;
- Something that is whispered; gossip; a rumor.
- (occult) The projection of intention and influence caused by sending thoughts or desires outward through softly-spoken words or subtle mental or energetic means.
adj
verb
verb
- utter with tense vocal chords
- (transitive, Internet) To remove the voice flag from a user on IRC, preventing them from sending messages to the channel.
- (transitive, phonetics) To pronounce a sound with little or no vibration of the vocal cords, especially a sound that is normally pronounced with such vibration (i.e. a voiced sound).
adj
adj
- Full of voices.
- full of the sound of voices
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
- Synonym of expressive.
- (phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng.
- Having or exercising the power of producing voice, speech, or sound.
- (phonetics) Synonym of vocalic.
- (music) Relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice.
- Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.
- Expressing opinions or feelings freely, loudly, or insistently.
- (anatomy) Used in the production of speech sounds.
- relating to or designed for or using the singing voice
- given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
- having or using the power to produce speech or sound
noun
- (phonetics) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic.
- (music) A part of a piece of music that is sung.
- (acting) A musical performance involving singing.
- (Catholicism) A man in the Roman Catholic Church who has a right to vote in certain elections.
- a short musical composition with words
- music intended to be performed by one or more singers, usually with instrumental accompaniment
adj
noun
adj
noun
- the pitch range of the highest male voice
- an adult male with a tenor voice
- the adult male singing voice above baritone
- the general meaning or substance of an utterance
- a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life
- Tone, as of a conversation.
- (colloquial, music) A tenor saxophone.
- That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
- The lowest tuned in a ring of bells.
- A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
- (finance) Time to maturity of a bond.
- (linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
- (law) An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.
- (music) A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
- Stamp; character; nature.
adj
- Lacking a voice, without vocal sound.
- (phonetics, of a consonant or vowel) Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd, breathed. Examples: [t], [s], [f], [m̥], [u̥].
- (figurative) Without a vote; having no input into a decision.
- uttered without voice
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
- being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech