CHIME


Meaning of CHIME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tʃaɪm ]

( chimes, chiming, chimed)

1.

When a bell or a clock chimes , it makes ringing sounds.

He heard the front doorbell chime.

...as the Guildhall clock chimed three o’clock.

...a mahogany chiming clock.

VERB : V , V n , V-ing

2.

A chime is a ringing sound made by a bell, especially when it is part of a clock.

The ceremony started as the chimes of midnight struck.

N-COUNT

3.

Chimes are a set of small objects which make a ringing sound when they are blown by the wind.

...the haunting sound of the wind chimes.

N-PLURAL : usu supp N

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