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chime1 verbchime2 noun chimechime1 /tʃaɪm/ verb   VERB TABLEchime |
| Present | they | chime | | it | chimes | | Past | it, they | chimed | | Present perfect | they | have chimed | | it | has chimed | | Past perfect | it, they | had chimed | | Future | it, they | will chime | | Future perfect | it, they | will have chimed |
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| Present | they | are chiming | | it | is chiming | | Past | they | were chiming | | it | was chiming | | Present perfect | they | have been chiming | | it | has been chiming | | Past perfect | it, they | had been chiming | | Future | it, they | will be chiming | | Future perfect | it, they | will have been chiming |
- A clock chimed six.
- Across the valley, church bells were chiming.
- Church bells throughout France chimed to mark the occasion.
- I heard a clock chime softly in the next door room.
- Inside the business school chimed the melody that meant the change of lessons.
- Others chimed in, saying those who have it made are pulling up the ladder on those less fortunate.
- St Clement's clock chimed half-past nine as he reached the beginning of Champney Road.
- The great bells of the Immaculate Conception chimed the hour.
- They join our line of thought, and soon are chiming in with what they think the author may have meant.
- This last letter did not chime with the rest.
- Wrong, wrong, wrong, chime the economists.
sounds made by bells or horns► ring to make a sound like that of a bell: · The phone's ringing.· A burglar alarm was ringing further along the road.· At that moment, the door bell rang. ► toll written if a large bell tolls , it makes regular, separate ringing sounds, especially as a sign of someone's death: · The funeral procession left the church as the bells began to toll. ► chime if a bell or clock chimes , it makes a single ringing sound or a small number of ringing sounds, especially in order to tell you what time it is: · I heard a clock chime softly in the next door room.· Across the valley, church bells were chiming.chime six/eight/twelve etc (=ring six, eight, twelve etc times to show the time): · A clock chimed six. ► honk informal if you honk a vehicle's horn or if the horn honks , it makes a loud clear sound which continues for only a few seconds: · Several horns honked impatiently.· The truck driver honked his horn and waited. ► hoot British if you hoot a vehicle's horn, or if the horn hoots , it makes a loud clear sound which continues for only a few seconds and is like a single musical note: · A horn hooted behind me. It was Don in his little red car.· All the other drivers were tooting their horns and yelling at me to move my car. ► a bell chimes (=it rings a certain number of times, in order to tell you the time of day)· The bells began to chime, calling people to church. 1[intransitive, transitive] 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[intransitive] to be the same as something else or to have the same effectchime with Her views on life didn’t quite chime with mine.chime in phrasal verb to say something in a conversation, especially to agree with what someone has just said: ‘We’ll miss you too,’ the children chimed in.chime1 verbchime2 noun chimechime2 noun chime2Origin: 1200-1300 Old French chimbe ‘cymbal’, from Latin cymbalum; ➔ CYMBAL - the chime of the doorbell
- The shop door opened with a chime.
- Application Tell the students that chimes can be made by using a metal spoon instead of a coat hanger.
- Past the pub, and the noise of laughter and the music of a jukebox and the bell chime of gaming machines.
- Still Ralph heard every word of every speech as though it were the crystalline note of an ice chime.
- The chimes reverberated through the silent building.
- The thoughts of solitude are heard in solitude, and have an inward chime that public thoughts must lack.
- There was a whirring sound, then the clock's chime marked a quarter to midnight.
- To be part of that melody of infinite chimes of light!
► a bell chimes (=it rings a certain number of times, in order to tell you the time of day)· The bells began to chime, calling people to church. NOUN► wind· Bones are also put to practical use, strung together to make a kind of aeolian harp or wind chime. ► chimes- Wind chimes hung from the tree branches.
1[countable] a ringing sound made by a bell or clock2chimes [plural] a set of bells or other objects that produce musical sounds, used as a musical instrument or, for example, as a type of doorbell → wind chimes |