Violin
[vaɪə'lɪn;'vaɪəlɪn] or [,vaɪə'lɪn]
Definition
(noun.) bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow.
Typist: Ollie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Fiddle, KIT.
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Definition
n. a musical instrument of four strings placed with a bow: a fiddle: a player on the violin.—ns. Violin′-bow a bow for sounding the violin; Vī′olinist a player on the violin.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see, or hear a violin in dreams, foretells harmony and peace in the family, and financial affairs will cause no apprehension. For a young woman to play on one in her dreams, denotes that she will be honored and receive lavish gifts. If her attempt to play is unsuccessful, she will lose favor, and aspire to things she never can possess. A broken one, indicates sad bereavement and separation.
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Examples
- The diagrams, the violin-case, and the pipe-rack--even the Persian slipper which contained the tobacco--all met my eyes as I glanced round me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is really the presence or absence of overtones which enables us to distinguish the note of the piano from that of the violin, flute, or clarinet. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Draw your chair up and hand me my violin, for the only problem we have still to solve is how to while away these bleak autumnal evenings. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was in a genial humor, and played the violin for me for about two hours--$2000 worth. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- One night he came with his violin, about twelve o'clock. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He would talk with me, but I never asked him to bring his violin. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Oh, Andronico, that old man with the violin, can pick up anything by ear. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Moreover, the most delicate notes of a violin can be heard in the remotest corners of a concert hall, when not the slightest motion of the air can be seen or felt. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The viola is larger than the violin, has heavier and thicker strings, and is pitched to a lower key; in all other respects the two are similar. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- If the stretched string is plucked with the fingers or bowed with the violin bow, a clear musical sound of definite pitch will be produced. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- If there were but one string, only one pitch could be sounded at any one time; the additional strings of the violin allow of the simultaneous production of several tones. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- What has been said of the piano applies as well to the violin, guitar, and mandolin. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Touch the middle of a wire with the finger or a pencil (Fig. 182), thus separating it into two portions and draw a violin bow across the center of either half. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- For an hour he droned away upon his violin, endeavouring to soothe his own ruffled spirits. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The violoncello, because of the length and thickness of its strings, is pitched a whole octave lower than the violin; otherwise it is similar. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- They were in the ballroom, the violins were playing, and her mind was in a flutter that forbade its fixing on anything serious. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I went to their church, where I was entertained with good music, the organ being accompanied with violins, haut-boys, flutes, clarinets, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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