·noun ·see Chine,
·noun, 3.
II. Chime ·noun To sound in harmonious accord, as bells.
III. Chime ·vi To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
IV. Chime ·noun The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments.
V. Chime ·noun Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound.
VI. Chime ·noun To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
VII. Chime ·noun To join in a conversation; to express assent;
- followed by in or in with.
VIII. Chime ·vi To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
X. Chime ·noun A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the ·pl, the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their divisions.