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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.

Example: Hugo was a chime player in the school orchestra.

An individual ringing component of such a set.

Example: Peter removed the C♯ chime from its mounting so that he could get at the dust that had accumulated underneath.

A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.

Example: The professor had stuffed a wad of gum into the chime of his doorbell so that he wouldn't be bothered.

The sound of such an instrument or device.

Example: The copier gave a chime to indicate that it had finished printing.

To make the sound of a chime.

Example: I got up for lunch as soon as the wall clock began chiming noon.

To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.

To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.

To agree; to correspond.

Example: The other lab's results chimed with mine, so I knew we were on the right track with the research.

The top of a ridge.

The spine of an animal.

A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.

A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.