voice
vaw is
- n the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
A shrill voice sounded behind us - n 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 - n a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
the noisy voice of the waterfall
the incessant voices of the artillery - n expressing in coherent verbal form
I gave voice to my feelings - n 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 - n 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 - n (metonymy) a singer
he wanted to hear trained voices sing it - n an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- n the ability to speak
he lost his voice - n (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
- n the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- v give voice to
He voiced his concern - v utter with vibrating vocal chords
- The human voice was always man's most expressive musical instrument, and until a few centuries ago it was also the most flexible.
- What Obama owes to the omniscient, authoritative voices of James Earl Jones and Morgan Freeman.
- Good news for Patrick Stewart: television commercials with celebrity voice-overs are most effective when people recognize the voice--but can't quite put a name to it.