Definition of sound

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Sound (v. t.) To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient..

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Mute :: Mute (a.) Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal.
Seraphine :: Seraphine (n.) A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument..
Babble :: Babble (v. i.) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.
Ribroast :: Ribroast (v. t.) To beat soundly.
Drummer :: Drummer (n.) A fish that makes a sound when caugh.
Wheeze :: Wheeze (v. i.) To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma..
Telephony :: Telephony (n.) The art or process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as with the telephone..
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Not harsh or rough in sound; gentle and pleasing to the ear; flowing; as, soft whispers of music..
Twank :: Twank (v. t.) To cause to make a sharp twanging sound; to twang, or twangle..
Distinguish :: Distinguish (v. t.) To separate by definition of terms or logical division of a subject with regard to difference; as, to distinguish sounds into high and low..
Soundly :: Soundly (adv.) In a sound manner.
Low :: Low (n.) The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine animals.
Grate :: Grate (v. i.) To make a harsh sound by friction.
Hear :: Hear (v. i.) To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen.
Microphonics :: Microphonics (n.) The science which treats of the means of increasing the intensity of low or weak sounds, or of the microphone..
Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) To sound shrill, or like a pipe; to make a sharp, shrill sound; as, a bullet whistles through the air..
Lute :: Lute (v. i.) To sound, as a lute. Piers Plowman. Keats..
Ting :: Ting (n.) A sharp sound, as of a bell; a tinkling..
Unearthly :: Unearthly (a.) Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound..
Thunderous :: Thunderous (a.) Making a noise like thunder; sounding loud and deep; sonorous.
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