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| 1. subst. (musical instruments) A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes. |  |
| Sylvia had a recording of someone playing the chimes against a background of surf noise that she found calming. | |
| Hugo was a chime player in the school orchestra. | |
| 2. subst. An individual ringing component of such a set. | |
| Peter removed the C♯ chime from its mounting so that he could get at the dust that had accumulated underneath. | |
| 3. subst. A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device. | |
| The professor had stuffed a wad of gum into the chime of his doorbell so that he wouldn't be bothered. | |
| 4. subst. The sound of such an instrument or device. | |
| The copier gave a chime to indicate that it had finished printing. | |
| 5. subst. A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell. | |
| Strike the bell with the brass chime hanging on the chain next to it. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive) To make the sound of a chime. | |
| The microwave chimed to indicate that it was done cooking. | |
| I got up for lunch as soon as the wall clock began chiming noon. | |
| 7. v. To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony. | |
| 8. v. To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To agree; to correspond. | |
| The other lab's results chimed with mine, so I knew we were on the right track with the research. | |
| 10. v. To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming. | |
| 11. subst. A chine; the edge of a cask. | |
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