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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NOISE, n.
1. Sound of any kind, or proceeding from any cause, as the sound made by the organs of speech, by the wings of an insect, the rushing of the wind, or the roaring of the sea, of cannon or thunder, a low sound, a high sound, etc.; a word of general signification.
2. Outcry; clamor; loud, importunate or continued talk expressive of boasting, complaint or quarreling. In quarreling, it expresses less than uproar.
What noise have we about transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood?
3. Frequent talk; much public conversation.
Socrates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages, and never caught the least infection.
NOISE, v.i. To sound loud.
Harm those terrors did me none, though noising loud.
NOISE, v.t.
1. To spread by rumor or report.
All these sayings were noised abroad-- Luke 1.
2. To disturb with noise. [Not authorized.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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"
2: 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]
3: electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication [syn: noise, interference, disturbance]
4: 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"
5: 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"
6: the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan [syn: randomness, haphazardness, stochasticity, noise] v
1: emit a noise [syn: make noise, resound, noise]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, disturbance, noise, from Latin nausea nausea Date: 13th century 1. loud, confused, or senseless shouting or outcry 2. a. sound; especially one that lacks agreeable musical quality or is noticeably unpleasant b. any sound that is undesired or interferes with one's hearing of something c. an unwanted signal or a disturbance (as static or a variation of voltage) in an electronic device or instrument (as radio or television); broadly a disturbance interfering with the operation of a usually mechanical device or system d. electromagnetic radiation (as light or radio waves) that is composed of several frequencies and that involves random changes in frequency or amplitude e. irrelevant or meaningless data or output occurring along with desired information 3. common talk ; rumor; especially slander 4. something that attracts attention <the play…will make little noise in the world — Brendan Gill> 5. something spoken or uttered 6. a style of rock music that is loud, often discordant, and usually uses electronic noise (as feedback) • noiseless adjective • noiselessly adverb II. verb (noised; noising) Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to talk much or loudly 2. to make a noise transitive verb to spread by rumor or report — usually used with about or abroad <the scandal was quickly noised about>

Britannica Concise

Undesired sound that is intrinsically objectionable or that interferes with other sounds being listened to. In electronics and information theory, noise refers to those random, unpredictable, and undesirable signals, or changes in signals, that mask the desired information content. In radio, this noise is called static; in television, it is called snow. White noise is a complex signal or sound covering the entire range of component frequencies, or tones, all of which possess equal intensity.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a sound, esp. a loud or unpleasant or undesired one. 2 a series of loud sounds, esp. shouts; a confused sound of voices and movements. 3 irregular fluctuations accompanying a transmitted signal but not relevant to it. 4 (in pl.) conventional remarks, or speechlike sounds without actual words (made sympathetic noises). --v. 1 tr. (usu. in passive) make public; spread abroad (a person's fame or a fact). 2 intr. archaic make much noise. Phrases and idioms: make a noise 1 (usu. foll. by about) talk or complain much. 2 be much talked of; attain notoriety. noise-maker a device for making a loud noise at a festivity etc. noise pollution harmful or annoying noise. noises off sounds made off stage to be heard by the audience of a play. Etymology: ME f. OF, = outcry, disturbance, f. L nausea: see NAUSEA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Noise Noise, n. [F. noise noisy strife, quarrel, brawl, fr. L. nausea seasickness, sickness, disgust. See Nausea.] 1. Sound of any kind. The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noise to us perceived. --Bacon. 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. 2. Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din. 3. Loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report. ``The noise goes.'' --Shak. What noise have we had about transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood! --T. Baker. Soerates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages. --Spectator. 4. Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band. [Obs.] --Milton. The king has his noise of gypsies. --B. Jonson. Syn: Cry; outcry; clamor; din; clatter; uproar.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Noise Noise, v. i. To sound; to make a noise. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(noises) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Noise is a loud or unpleasant sound. There was too much noise in the room and he needed peace... The noise of bombs and guns was incessant... The baby was filled with alarm at the darkness and the noise. 2. A noise is a sound that someone or something makes. Sir Gerald made a small noise in his throat. ...birdsong and other animal noises... N-COUNT 3. If someone makes noises of a particular kind about something, they say things that indicate their attitude to it in a rather indirect or vague way. The President took care to make encouraging noises about the future... His mother had also started making noises about it being time for him to leave home. N-PLURAL: usu with supp 4. If you say that someone makes the right noises or makes all the right noises, you think that they are showing concern or enthusiasm about something because they feel they ought to rather than because they really want to. He was making all the right noises about multi-party democracy and human rights. PHRASE: V inflects 5. see also big noise

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

noiz (qol, hamon, sha'on; phone): "Noise" is most frequently the translation of qol, "voice," "sound," in the King James Version (Ex 20:18, "the noise of the trumpet," the Revised Version (British and American) "voice"; Ex 32:17 twice,18; Jud 5:11, "(they that are delivered) from the noise of the archers," the Revised Version (British and American) "far from the noise," etc., margin "because of the voice of"; 1Sa 4:6, etc.); hamon, "noise," "sound" (1Sa 14:19); roghez, "anger," "rage" (Job 37:2); rea`, "outcry" (Job 36:33); sha'on, "desolation," "noise" (Isa 24:8; 25:5); teshu'oth "cry," "crying" (Job 36:29); patsah, "to break forth" (Ps 98:4); shamea, "to hear," etc. (Jos 6:10; 1Ch 15:28); phone, "sound," "voice," is translated "noise" (Re 6:1, "I heard as it were the noise of thunder," the Revised Version (British and American) "saying as with a voice of thunder"); rhoizedon, "with a hissing or rushing sound" (2Pe 3:10, "with a great noise"); ginetai phone (Ac 2:6, the King James Version "when this was noised abroad," margin "when this voice was made," the Revised Version (British and American) "when this sound was heard") ; akouo, "to hear" ; dialaleo, "to talk or speak" throughout, are also translated "noised" (Mr 2:1; Lu 1:65). So the Revised Version (British and American) (compare Judith 10:18, "noised among the tents"). Otherwise in the Revised Version (British and American) Apocrypha, throos "confused noise" (The Wisdom of Solomon 1:10); boe, "outcry" (Judith 14:19); echos,"sound" (The Wisdom of Solomon 17:18; compare Sirach 40:13); Latin vox, "voice" (2 Esdras 5:7).

For "noise" (Ps 65:7 twice), the Revised Version (British and American) has "roaring"; for "make a noise like the noise of the seas" (Isa 17:12), "the uproar (margin "multitude") of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas"; for "a voice of noise from the city" (Isa 66:6), "a voice of tumult from the city"; for "noise" (Jer 10:22), "voice"; for "a noise" (1Ch 15:28), "sounding aloud," "voice" (Eze 43:2); for "every battle of the warrior is with confused noise" (Isa 9:5), "all the armor of the armed man in the tumult," margin "every boot of the booted warrior" ; for "make a noise," "moan" (Ps 55:2), "roar" (Isa 17:12); for "make a loud noise" (Ps 98:4), "break forth"; for "maketh a noise" (Jer 4:19), "is disquieted"; for "the noise of his tabernacle" (Job 36:29), "the thunderings of his pavilion"; for "make any noise with your voice (Jos 6:10), "let your voice be heard"; "joyful noise," for "shouting" (Isa 16:10); for "The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea" (Ps 93:4), "Above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea, Yahweh on high is mighty."

W. L. Walker

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Sound. 2. Clamor, din, blare, clatter, uproar, outcry, tumult, ado, cry, vociferation, hubbub, racket, fuss, breeze. 3. Talk, stir, conversation, discussion.

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