chime
/tʃaɪm/ verbe C2En français : carillonner
- To make the sound of a chime. · The microwave chimed to indicate that it was done cooking.· 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. · The other lab's results chimed with mine, so I knew we were on the right track with the research.
- To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
He/she/it chimes · Prétérit chimed · Participe passé chimed · Forme en -ing chiming
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- chime
- He/she/it
- chimes
- Prétérit
- chimed
- Participe passé
- chimed
- Forme en -ing
- chiming
Dans la bibliothèque
“None at all,” chimed in Lestrade.
“Remember,” chimed in La Carconte, “those two could crush you at a single blow!”
Far away a chiming clock struck out the quarters of the hours, but otherwise a deathly silence lay upon the old house.
For half an hour I waited with every nerve on the alert, but there came no other sound save the chiming clock and the rustle of the ivy on the wall.
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