voice

voice (http://definr.com/voice)

     n 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" [syn: vocalization, vocalisation, phonation,
         vox]
     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" or "I gave voice to my feelings" [syn: articulation]
     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" [syn: spokesperson, interpreter,
         representative]
     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" [syn:
          part]
     v 1: give voice to; "He voiced his concern"
     2: utter with vibrating vocal chords [syn: sound, vocalize,
         vocalise] [ant: devoice]