voice

voice
n.
sound produced by vocal cords

1) to raise one's voice

2) to drop, lower one's voice

3) to lose one's voice

4) a clear; deep; firm, steady; gentle, soft; gruff, harsh, raucous; guttural; high-pitched; hoarse; husky; loud; low, low-pitched; mellifluous, melodious; mellow; metallic; quaking, quivering, shaking, shaky, trembling; resonant; rich; shrill; stentorian; strident; subdued; thundering voice

5) a voice breaks, cracks; changes; drops, falls; quivers, shakes, trembles

6) in a certain voice (in a loud voice)

7) (misc.) (to shout) at the top of one's voice

expression

8) to give voice to

verbal form indicating the relation of the verb to its subject

9) the active; middle; passive voice

misc.

10) an inner voice ('conscience'); the voice of reason

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[vɔɪs]
changes
cracks
falls
gruff
guttural
high-pitched
hoarse
husky
loud
low-pitched
lower one's voice
mellifluous
mellow
melodious
metallic
passive voice
quaking
quivering
quivers
raucous
resonant
shakes
shaking
shaky
shrill
stentorian
strident
subdued
the voice of reason
thundering voice
trembles
trembling
(misc.) (to shout) at the top of one's voice
['expression'] to give voice to
['sound produced by vocal cords'] to raise one's voice
['verbal form indicating the relation of the verb to its subject'] the active
a clear
a voice breaks
to drop
to lose one's voice
['misc. '] an inner voice ('conscience')
in a certain voice (in a loud voice)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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