'Noise' definitions:

Definition of 'noise'

(from WordNet)
noun
Sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"
noun
The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me" [syn: noise, dissonance, racket]
noun
Electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication [syn: noise, interference, disturbance]
noun
A loud outcry of protest or complaint; "the announcement of the election recount caused a lot of noise"; "whatever it was he didn't like it and he was going to let them know by making as loud a noise as he could"
noun
Incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks; "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say"
noun
The quality of lacking any predictable order or plan [syn: randomness, haphazardness, stochasticity, noise]
verb
Emit a noise [syn: make noise, resound, noise]

Definition of 'Noise'

From: GCIDE
  • Noise \Noise\, v. i. To sound; to make a noise. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Noise'

From: GCIDE
  • Noise \Noise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Noised; p pr. & vb. n. Noising.]
  • 1. To spread by rumor or report. [1913 Webster]
  • All these sayings were noised abroad. --Luke i. 65. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To disturb with noise. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Noise'

From: GCIDE
  • Noise \Noise\, n. [F. noise noisy strife, quarrel, brawl, fr. L. nausea seasickness, sickness, disgust. See Nausea.]
  • 1. Sound of any kind. [1913 Webster]
  • The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noise to us perceived. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Noise is either a sound of too short a duration to be determined, like the report of a cannon; or else it is a confused mixture of many discordant sounds, like the rolling of thunder or the noise of the waves. Nevertheless, the difference between sound and noise is by no means precise. --Ganot. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report. "The noise goes." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • What noise have we had about transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood! --T. Baker. [1913 Webster]
  • Socrates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • The king has his noise of gypsies. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Cry; outcry; clamor; din; clatter; uproar. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'noise'

From: GCIDE
  • background \back"ground`\, n. [Back, a. + ground.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Paint.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The distance in a picture is usually divided into foreground, middle distance, and background. --Fairholt. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight. [1913 Webster]
  • I fancy there was a background of grinding and waiting before Miss Torry could produce this highly finished . . . performance. --Mrs. Alexander. [1913 Webster]
  • A husband somewhere in the background. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. The set of conditions within which an action takes place, including the social and physical conditions as well as the psychological states of the participants; as, within the background of the massive budget deficits of the 1980's, new spending programs had little chance of passage by the congress. [PJC]
  • 6. The set of conditions that precede and affect an action, such as the social and historical precedents for the event, as well as the general background[5]; as, against the background of their expulsion by the Serbs, the desire of Kosovars for vengeance is understandable though regrettable. [PJC]
  • 7. (Science) The signals that may be detected by a measurement which are not due to the phenomenon being studied, and tend to make the measurement uncertain to a greater or lesser degree. Specifically: (Physics) Electronic noise present in a system using electronic measuring instrument or in a telecommunications system, which may hide and which must be differentiated from the desired signal; also called background noise or noise. [PJC]
  • 8. (Journalism) An agreement between a journalist and an interviewee that the name of the interviewee will not be quoted in any publication, although the substance of the remarks may be reported; -- often used in the phrase "on background". Compare deep background. [PJC]
  • To place in the background, to make of little consequence.
  • To keep in the background, to remain unobtrusive, inconspicuous or out of sight; -- of people.
  • deep background, (Journalism) the status of an interview which must not be quoted in a publication, even without attribution. Compare background[8]. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Synonyms of 'noise'

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Words containing 'Noise'