Definition of sound

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Sound (n.) Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture..

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Affinity :: Affinity (n.) Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages..
Harp :: Harp (v. t.) To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon..
Polyphony :: Polyphony (n.) Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo..
Telephone :: Telephone (n.) An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance..
Stuttering :: Stuttering (n.) The act of one who stutters; -- restricted by some physiologists to defective speech due to inability to form the proper sounds, the breathing being normal, as distinguished from stammering..
Fluctisonous :: Fluctisonous (a.) Sounding like waves.
Ring :: Ring (v. t.) To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell..
Jangle :: Jangle (n.) Discordant sound; wrangling.
Jingle :: "Jingle (n.) A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself..
Bell :: Bell (n.) A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved.
Morbid :: Morbid (a.) Not sound and healthful; induced by a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; as, morbid humors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant..
Vocalic :: Vocalic (a.) Of or pertaining to vowel sounds; consisting of the vowel sounds.
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes..
Tablature :: Tablature (n.) An ancient mode of indicating musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by notes.
Aspirate :: Aspirate (n.) A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound..
Roll :: Roll (n.) To utter copiously, esp. with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; -- often with forth, or out; as, to roll forth some one's praises; to roll out sentences..
Clink :: Clink (n.) A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies..
Humming :: Humming (a.) Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing.
Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound..
Mouillation :: Mouillation (n.) The act of uttering the sound of a mouille letter.
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