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VOCAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short musical composition with words
Example:
a successful musical must have at least three good songs
Synonyms:
song; vocal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("vocal" is a kind of...):
composition; musical composition; opus; piece; piece of music (a musical work that has been created)
Meronyms (parts of "vocal"):
language; lyric; words (the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number)
chorus; refrain (the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vocal"):
work song (a usually rhythmical song to accompany repetitious work)
torch song (a popular song concerned with disappointment in love)
serenade (a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman)
banquet song; scolion (a song (sometimes improvised) sung by guests at a banquet)
roundelay (a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain)
prothalamion; prothalamium (a song in celebration of a marriage)
partsong (a song with two or more voice parts)
golden oldie; oldie (a song that was formerly popular)
berceuse; cradlesong; lullaby (a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep)
love-song; love song (a song about love or expressing love for another person)
lied (a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano)
folk ballad; folk song; folksong (a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture)
drinking song (a song celebrating the joys of drinking; sung at drinking parties)
coronach; dirge; lament; requiem; threnody (a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person)
ditty (a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung))
barcarole; barcarolle (a boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers)
ballad; lay (a narrative song with a recurrent refrain)
aria (an elaborate song for solo voice)
anthem (a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school))
religious song (religious music for singing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Music intended to be performed by one or more singers, usually with instrumental accompaniment
Synonyms:
vocal; vocal music
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("vocal" is a kind of...):
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
Example:
a vocal assembly
Synonyms:
outspoken; vocal
Classified under:
Similar:
communicative; communicatory (able or tending to communicate)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Full of the sound of voices
Example:
a playground vocal with the shouts and laughter of children
Classified under:
Similar:
loud (characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having or using the power to produce speech or sound
Example:
all vocal beings hymned their praise
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
voice (the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract)
Derivation:
vocalize (utter speech sounds)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Relating to or designed for or using the singing voice
Example:
organized a vocal group to sing his compositions
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Antonym:
instrumental (relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments)
Pertainym:
voice (the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract)
Derivation:
vocalize (sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel)
Context examples:
It contains elastic vocal cords required for sound production.
(Larynx, NCI Thesaurus)
Any of the eight intrinsic muscles of the larynx; five for the vocal cords and three connecting to the epiglottis.
(Laryngeal Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative examples include laryngitis, vocal cord polyp, squamous papilloma, and carcinoma.
(Laryngeal Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
The cricothyroid muscle is innervated by the superior laryngeal nerve's external branch and acts to tense the vocal cords thus altering voice pitch.
(Cricothyroid Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)
It may remain localized for a long period then in late disease stage, it may spread to the opposite true vocal cord, supraglottic and subglottic areas, and the soft tissues of the neck.
(Glottis Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Movements of the mouth and airway that produce speech; the act of vocal expression.
(Articulation, NCI Thesaurus)
An operation on the vocal cords or on the spinal cord.
(Cordectomy, NCI Dictionary)
The combined organs and tissues of the respiratory tract and the upper part of the digestive tract (including the lips, mouth, tongue, nose, throat, vocal cords, and part of the esophagus and windpipe).
(Aerodigestive tract, NCI Dictionary)
Your partner may feel he or she is required to do a greater share of the work at home or on the job, depending on who is being vocal toward you.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
It is caused by bacteria, viruses, or vocal strain.
(Acute Laryngitis, NCI Thesaurus)
