A Quick and Simple Dictionary

voice

1. Noun.  Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; steven; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human '''voice'''; a pleasant '''voice'''; a low '''voice'''.
2. Noun.  (phonetics) Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants ''b'', ''v'', ''d'', etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in (f) , (s) , ''sh'', etc., and also ''whisper''.
3. Noun.  The tone or sound emitted by anything.
4. Noun.  The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the '''voice'''.
5. Noun.  Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion.
6. Noun.  Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote.
7. Noun.  Command; precept; — now chiefly used in scriptural language.
8. Noun.  One who speaks; a speaker.
9. Noun.  (grammar) A particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
10. Noun.  (internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel.
11. Verb.  (transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to '''voice''' the sentiments of the nation.
12. Verb.  (transitive, phonology) To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper.
13. Verb.  (transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to '''voice''' the pipes of an organ.
14. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To vote; to elect; to appoint — Shakespeare.
15. Verb.  (intransitive, obsolete) To clamor; to cry out, to steven — South.
16. Verb.  (transitive, Internet) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.