voice

n 1: the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's

speech; "A shrill voice sounded behind us"

2: the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by

the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good

care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any

vocalizations" [syn: {vocalization}]

3: a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance; "the noisy voice of

the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery"

4: expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my

feelings" or "I gave voice to my feelings" [syn: {articulation}]

5: a means or agency by which something is expressed or

communicated; "the voice of the law"; "the Times is not

the voice of New York"; "conservatism has many voices"

6: something suggestive of speech in being a medium of

expression; "the wee small voice of conscience"; "the

voice of experience"; "he said his voices told him to do

it"

7: (metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing

it"

8: an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose;

"the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the

major organs of government" [syn: {spokesperson}, {interpreter},

{representative}]

9: the ability to speak; "he lost his voice"

10: (linguistics) the grammatical relation of the subject of a

verb to the action that the verb denotes

11: the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in

polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part" [syn:

{part}]

v 1: give voice to; "He voiced his concern"

2: utter with vibrating vocal chords [syn: {sound}, {vocalize}]

[ant: {devoice}]