voice

the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech; "A shrill voice sounded behind us"

the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"

a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance; "the noisy voice of the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery"

expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings"

a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated; "the voice of the law"; "the Times is not the voice of New York"; "conservatism has many voices"

something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression; "the wee small voice of conscience"; "the voice of experience"; "he said his voices told him to do it"

(metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it"

an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"

the ability to speak; "he lost his voice"

(linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes

the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part"

give voice to; "He voiced his concern"

utter with vibrating vocal chords