'Vocalize' definitions:
Definition of 'vocalize'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Vocalize'
From: GCIDE
- Vocalize \Vo"cal*ize\ (v[=o]"kal*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vocalized (v[=o]"kal*[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Vocalizing (v[=o]"kal*[imac]*z[i^]ng).] [Cf. F. vocaliser.]
- 1. To form into voice; to make vocal or sonant; to give intonation or resonance to. [1913 Webster]
- It is one thing to give an impulse to breath alone, another thing to vocalize that breath. --Holder. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To practice singing on the vowel sounds. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'vocalize'
From: GCIDE
- Point \Point\ (point), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pointing.] [Cf. F. pointer. See Point, n.]
- 1. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence, to direct the attention or notice of. [1913 Webster]
- Whosoever should be guided through his battles by Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to point a composition. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To mark (a text, as in Arabic or Hebrew) with {vowel points}; -- also called vocalize.
- Syn: vocalize. [1913 Webster + RP]
- 6. To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the error was pointed out. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- He points it, however, by no deviation from his straightforward manner of speech. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface. [1913 Webster]
- 9. (Stone Cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool. [1913 Webster]
- To point a rope (Naut.), to taper and neatly finish off the end by interweaving the nettles.
- To point a sail (Naut.), to affix points through the eyelet holes of the reefs.
- To point off, to divide into periods or groups, or to separate, by pointing, as figures.
- To point the yards (of a vessel) (Naut.), to brace them so that the wind shall strike the sails obliquely. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vocalize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anthem,
- articulate,
- ballad,
- breathe,
- carol,
- chant,
- chatty,
- chime,
- chirp,
- chirrup,
- choir,
- chorus,
- come out with,
- communicate,
- convey,
- croon,
- deliver,
- descant,
- disclose,
- do-re-mi,
- emit,
- enunciate,
- express,
- fling off,
- formulate,
- garrulous,
- give,
- give expression,
- give out with,
- give tongue,
- give utterance,
- give voice,
- hum,
- hung,
- hymn,
- impart,
- intonate,
- intone,
- let out,
- lilt,
- lip,
- loquacious,
- minstrel,
- out with,
- phonate,
- phrase,
- pipe,
- pour forth,
- present,
- pronounce,
- psalm,
- put forth,
- put in words,
- quaver,
- raise,
- roulade,
- say,
- serenade,
- set forth,
- shake,
- silver-tongued,
- sing,
- sing in chorus,
- slick,
- smooth,
- sol-fa,
- solmizate,
- sound,
- talk,
- talkative,
- tell,
- throw off,
- tremolo,
- trill,
- troll,
- tune,
- tweedle,
- tweedledee,
- twit,
- twitter,
- utter,
- verbalize,
- voice,
- voluble,
- warble,
- well,
- whisper,
- whistle,
- windy,
- word,
- yodel
Words containing 'Vocalize'
- Vocal,
- Vocalic,
- Vocalism,
- Vocality,
- Vocalization,
- Vocalized,
- Vocalizing,
- Vocally,
- Vocalness,
- vocalizer,
- Vocal chords,
- Vocal cords,
- Vocal fremitus,
- Vocal music,
- Vocal resonance,
- Vocal tube,
- vocal band,
- vocal cord,
- vocal fold,
- vocal organ,
- Accidental Common Vocal,
- false vocal cord,
- false vocal fold,
- inferior vocal cord,
- inferior vocal fold,
- superior vocal cord,
- true vocal cord,
- true vocal fold