Voice

Chest voice
(Phon.) a kind of voice of a medium or low pitch and of a sonorous quality ascribed to resonance in the chest, or thorax; voice of the thick register. It is produced by vibration of the vocal cords through their entire width and thickness, and with convex surfaces presented to each other.

Head voice
(Phon.) a kind of voice of high pitch and of a thin quality ascribed to resonance in the head; voice of the thin register; falsetto. In producing it, the vibration of the cords is limited to their thin edges in the upper part, which are then presented to each other.

Middle voice
(Gram.) that form of the verb by which its subject is represented as both the agent, or doer, and the object of the action, that is, as performing some act to or upon himself, or for his own advantage.

Passive voice
(Gram.) See under Passive, a.

Voice glide
(Pron.) the brief and obscure neutral vowel sound that sometimes occurs between two consonants in an unaccented syllable (represented by the apostrophe), as in able (a"b'l). See Glide, n., 2.

Voice stop
See Voiced stop, under Voiced, a.

With one voice
unanimously. - Acts xix. 34.

v. t.

To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation.

[imp. & p. p. Voiced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Voicing .]

It was voiced that the king purposed to put to death Edward Plantagenet.

- Bacon.

(Phon.) To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper.

To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ.

To vote; to elect; to appoint.

v. i.

To clamor; to cry out.

Noun	1.	voice - the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech; "A shrill voice sounded behind us"
	2.	voice - 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"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations" Synonyms: phonation, vocalisation, vocalization, vox
	3.	voice - a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance; "the noisy voice of the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery"
	4.	voice - expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings" Synonyms: articulation
	5.	voice - 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"
	6.	voice - 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"
	7.	voice - (metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it"
	8.	voice - an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government" Synonyms: spokesperson, representative, interpreter
	9.	voice - the ability to speak; "he lost his voice"
	10.	voice - (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
	11.	voice - the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part" Synonyms: part
Verb	1.	voice - give voice to; "He voiced his concern"
	2.	voice - utter with vibrating vocal chords Synonyms: vocalize, vocalise, sound Antonyms: devoice - utter with tense vocal chords

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