1
a
: sound produced by vertebrates by means of lungs, larynx, or syrinx
especially
: sound so produced by human beings
b(1)
: musical sound produced by the vocal folds and resonated by the cavities of head and throat
(2)
: the power or ability to produce musical tones
(3)
: singer
(4)
: one of the melodic parts in a vocal or instrumental composition
(5)
: condition of the vocal organs with respect to production of musical tones
(6)
: the use of the voice (as in singing or acting)
studying voice
c
: expiration of air with the vocal cords drawn close so as to vibrate audibly (as in uttering vowels and consonant sounds as \v\ or \z\)
d
: the faculty of utterance
lost my voice
2
: a sound resembling or suggesting vocal utterance
3
: an instrument or medium of expression
the party became the voice of the workers
4
a
: wish, choice, or opinion openly or formally expressed
the voice of the people
b
: right of expression
also
: influential power
5
: distinction of form or a system of inflections of a verb to indicate the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses
active and passive voices
voiced; voicing
1
: to express in words : utter
voice a complaint
2
: to adjust for producing the proper musical sounds
3
: to pronounce (a speech sound, such as a consonant) with voice
4
a
: to provide a voice-over for (something, such as a movie or commercial) : to narrate (a recorded production)
Actress Idina Menzel evoked her recent success voicing the movie "Frozen" with an icy all-white white concoction with a feathery train by Donna Karan Atelier.—Jocelyn Noveck and Alicia Rancilio
b
: to perform the lines of (a character in an animated film, video game, etc.)
Featuring characters voiced by Will Ferrell and Morgan Freeman, the cartoon promises to be a real, ahem, blockbuster.—Franz Lidz
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