Noun
1. the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech;
"A shrill voice sounded behind us"2. 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"3. a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance;
"the noisy voice of the waterfall""the incessant voices of the artillery"4. expressing in coherent verbal form;
"the articulation of my feelings""I gave voice to my feelings"5. 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"6. 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"7. (metonymy) a singer;
"he wanted to hear trained voices sing it"8. an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose;
"the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"9. the ability to speak;
"he lost his voice"10. (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
11. the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music;
"he tried to sing the tenor part"