phone
n 1: electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone" [syn: telephone, telephone set] 2: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language [syn: speech sound, sound] 3: electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear; "it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked" [syn: earphone, earpiece, headphone] v : get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" [syn: call, telephone, call up, ring]
v. phoned, phon·ing, phones
v. intr.
To telephone.
v. tr.
To get in touch with by telephone.
To impart (information or news, for example) by telephone
