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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Noise \Noise\, v. i. To sound; to make a noise. --Milton. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Noise \Noise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Noised}; p pr. & vb. n. {Noising}.] 1. To spread by rumor or report. [1913 Webster] All these sayings were noised abroad. --Luke i. 65. [1913 Webster] 2. To disturb with noise. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Noise \Noise\, n. [F. noise noisy strife, quarrel, brawl, fr. L. nausea seasickness, sickness, disgust. See {Nausea}.] 1. Sound of any kind. [1913 Webster] The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noise to us perceived. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din. [1913 Webster] 3. Loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report. "The noise goes." --Shak. [1913 Webster] What noise have we had about transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood! --T. Baker. [1913 Webster] Socrates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages. --Spectator. [1913 Webster] 4. Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster] The king has his noise of gypsies. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] Syn: Cry; outcry; clamor; din; clatter; uproar. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: background \back"ground`\, n. [Back, a. + ground.] [1913 Webster] 1. Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the {foreground}, or the ground in front. [1913 Webster] 2. (Paint.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures. [1913 Webster] Note: The distance in a picture is usually divided into foreground, middle distance, and background. --Fairholt. [1913 Webster] 3. Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings. [1913 Webster] 4. A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight. [1913 Webster] I fancy there was a background of grinding and waiting before Miss Torry could produce this highly finished . . . performance. --Mrs. Alexander. [1913 Webster] A husband somewhere in the background. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] 5. The set of conditions within which an action takes place, including the social and physical conditions as well as the psychological states of the participants; as, within the background of the massive budget deficits of the 1980's, new spending programs had little chance of passage by the congress. [PJC] 6. The set of conditions that precede and affect an action, such as the social and historical precedents for the event, as well as the general background[5]; as, against the background of their expulsion by the Serbs, the desire of Kosovars for vengeance is understandable though regrettable. [PJC] 7. (Science) The signals that may be detected by a measurement which are not due to the phenomenon being studied, and tend to make the measurement uncertain to a greater or lesser degree. Specifically: (Physics) Electronic noise present in a system using electronic measuring instrument or in a telecommunications system, which may hide and which must be differentiated from the desired signal; also called background noise or {noise}. [PJC] 8. (Journalism) An agreement between a journalist and an interviewee that the name of the interviewee will not be quoted in any publication, although the substance of the remarks may be reported; -- often used in the phrase "on background". Compare {deep background}. [PJC] {To place in the background}, to make of little consequence. {To keep in the background}, to remain unobtrusive, inconspicuous or out of sight; -- of people. {deep background}, (Journalism) the status of an interview which must not be quoted in a publication, even without attribution. Compare {background}[8]. [1913 Webster +PJC] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: noise 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}]