articulate

1. Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language (synset 300151470)
   "articulate speech"; "an articulate orator"; "articulate beings"
   also:

   • communicative, communicatory - able or tending to communicate
   • spoken - uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination
   similar to:

   • eloquent, facile, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken - expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
   • speech-endowed - capable of speech
   • well-spoken - speaking or spoken fittingly or pleasingly
2. Consisting of segments held together by joints (synset 300154678)
   similar to: jointed - having joints or jointed segments
   same as: articulated

1. Provide with a joint (synset 202359283)
   "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood"
   referred to in: carpentry, woodwork, woodworking - the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood
   is a type of: furnish, provide, render, supply - give something useful or necessary to
   same as: joint
2. Put into words or an expression (synset 200982485)
   "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"
   is a type of: evince, express, show - give expression to
   subtypes:

   • ask - direct or put; seek an answer to
   • lexicalise, lexicalize - make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language
   • dogmatise, dogmatize - state as a dogma
   • formularise, formularize - express as a formula
   • cast, couch, frame, put, redact - formulate in a particular style or language
   same as: formulate, give voice, phrase, word
3. Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way (synset 200980581)
   "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
   entail: mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize - express in speech
   subtypes:

   • twang - pronounce with a nasal twang
   • devoice - utter with tense vocal chords
   • raise - pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
   • lilt - articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way
   • palatalise, palatalize - pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate
   • nasalise, nasalize - pronounce with a lowered velum
   • nasalise, nasalize - speak nasally or through the nose
   • mispronounce, misspeak - pronounce a word incorrectly
   • aspirate - pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
   • sound, vocalise, vocalize, voice - utter with vibrating vocal chords
   • retroflex - articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate
   • subvocalise, subvocalize - articulate without making audible sounds
   • syllabise, syllabize - utter with distinct articulation of each syllable
   • drawl - lengthen and slow down or draw out
   • labialise, labialize, round - pronounce with rounded lips
   • lisp - speak with a lisp
   • accent, accentuate, stress - put stress on; utter with an accent
   • vocalise, vocalize, vowelise, vowelize - pronounce as a vowel
   • click - produce a click
   • trill - pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'
   • sibilate - pronounce with an initial sibilant
   • flap - pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
   • explode - cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
   • roll - pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
   same as: enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out
4. Unite by forming a joint or joints (synset 202628718)
   "the ankle bone articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle bones"
   is a type of: connect, join, link, link up, unite - be or become joined or united or linked
5. Express or state clearly (synset 200980401)
   is a type of: say, state, tell - express in words
   same as: enunciate, vocalise, vocalize

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