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# chime

noun (a chime, chimes); verb (chime, chimes, chimed, chiming)

«chime» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A clear ringing sound made by a bell or clock: the chime of the church clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chime/#m1)
2. (chimes) A set of bells or metal tubes that ring musically: wind chimes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chime/#m2)
3. (verb) To ring with a clear sound: the clock chimed three. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chime/#m3)
4. Chime in: to join a conversation suddenly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chime/#m4)
5. Chime with: to agree or fit with something (formal). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chime/#m5)

### In the lessons

In stories chimes mark time (the clock chimed midnight). In maths time problems a clock may chime once for each hour, so counting chimes gives the hour. Phrases: chime in, wind chimes, doorbell chime, chime with.

### Examples

- The clock chimed twelve times at midnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chime/#x1)
- Wind chimes tinkled in the breeze. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chime/#x2)
- The doorbell chimed and Grandma came in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chime/#x3)
- "Me too!" my sister chimed in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chime/#x4)
- (formal) His story chimes with what the witness said. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chime/#x5)
- If a clock chimes once at 1 o'clock, twice at 2 and so on, how many chimes from 1 to 4? (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chime/#x6)
- Deep chasms yawned around it, the water-drops glittered as if lighted with blue flame, and tinkled like the chiming of church bells. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chime/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: chimed, chiming. "Chime in" means interrupt or add a remark. In maths puzzles, read carefully: chiming on the half-hour too adds extra chimes.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chime» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chime/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chime» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chime.html) on Mova free.