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chime 1

 (chīm)
n.
1. An apparatus for striking a bell or set of bells to produce a musical sound.
2. often chimes Music A set of tuned bells used as an orchestral instrument.
3. A single bell, as in the mechanism of a clock.
4. The sound produced by or as if by a bell or bells.
5. Agreement; accord: a flawless chime of romance and reality.
v. chimed, chim·ing, chimes
v.intr.
1.
a. To sound with a harmonious ring when struck.
b. To make a musical sound by striking a bell or set of bells.
2. To be in agreement or accord: harmonize: Their views chimed with ours. The seafood and wine chimed perfectly.
v.tr.
1. To produce (music) by striking bells.
2. To strike (a bell) to produce music.
3.
a. To signal or make known by chiming: The clock chimed noon.
b. To call, send, or welcome by chiming.
4. To repeat insistently.
Phrasal Verb:
chime in
1. To interrupt the speech of others, especially with an unwanted opinion.
2. To join in harmoniously.
3. To go together harmoniously; agree.
[From Middle English chimbe (belle), from Old French, variant of cimble, cymbal, from Latin cymbalum; see cymbal.]
chim′er n.

chime 2

 (chīm)
n.
The rim of a cask.
[Middle English chimb, from Old English cim-, cimb- (in cimstānas, bases of a pillar, and cimbing, jointing); see gembh- in Indo-European roots.]
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chime in

vb (intr, adverb)
1. to join in or interrupt a conversation, esp repeatedly and unwelcomely
2. to voice agreement
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.chime in - break into a conversation; "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation"
butt in, chisel in, barge in, break in, cut in, put in
disrupt, interrupt - interfere in someone else's activity; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"
cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up - make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
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chime

noun
The act or state of agreeing or conforming:
accordance, agreement, conformance, conformation, conformity, congruence, congruity, correspondence, harmonization, harmony, keeping.
verb
1. To give forth or cause to give forth a clear, resonant sound:
bong, knell, peal, ring, strike, toll.
2. To be compatible or in correspondence:
accord, agree, check, comport with, conform, consist, correspond, fit, harmonize, match, square, tally.
Informal: jibe.
Archaic: quadrate.
phrasal verb
chime in
To interject remarks or questions into another's discourse:
break in, chip in, cut in, interrupt.
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Translations

w>chime in

vi (inf) → sich einschalten
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From the chime in the spire, over the intersection of the aisles and nave, to the great bell of the front, he cherished a tenderness for them all.
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