(chīm) v. chimed, chim·ing v.t.
1. To cause to ring musically; play tunefully with or upon, as by striking.
2. To announce, as the hour, by the sound of bells.
3. To summon, welcome, or send by chiming.
4. To recite in unison or cadence.
—v.i.
5. To ring out in harmony or unison, as bells.
6. To extract melodious sound, as by striking a bell or set of bells.
7. To harmonize; agree: with with: Her remarks chimed with his intentions.
8. To recite or intone in cadence.
—to chime in
1. To be in accord with; agree.
2. To take part in or interrupt, as a conversation.
—noun
1. A set of bells tuned to a scale.
2. The mechanism for ringing the changes on bells; also, the music from such bells.
3. Accord; harmony. [ME chimbe, chime, alter, of OE cimbal <L cymbalum cymbal]
—chim′er noun

(chīm) noun
1. The edge or brim of a cask, barrel, or tub: also chine.
2. A channel in a vessel's deck.
—v.t. To make a chime in (a stave, etc.). Also chimb (chīm). [OE cimb- edge, as in cimbing a joint]