Definition of sound

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Sound (n.) The peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration of a material substance affecting the ear; a sensation or perception of the mind received through the ear, and produced by the impulse or vibration of the air or other medium with which the ear is in contact; the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing by an impulse or vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies, or by other means; noise; report; as, the sound of a drum; the sound of the human voice; a h

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Flat :: Flat (superl.) Not sharp or shrill; not acute; as, a flat sound..
Report :: Report (v. t.) To return or repeat, as sound; to echo..
Outring :: Outring (v. t.) To excel in volume of ringing sound; to ring louder than.
Rumble :: Rumble (n.) A low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise; as, the rumble of a railroad train..
Raucity :: Raucity (n.) Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness; as, the raucity of a trumpet, or of the human voice..
Homophone :: Homophone (n.) A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another.
Tattoo :: Tattoo (n.) A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp..
Lambdacism :: Lambdacism (n.) The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for American..
Diacoustic :: Diacoustic (a.) Pertaining to the science or doctrine of refracted sounds.
Ring :: Ring (v. i.) To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one..
Acrophony :: Acrophony (n.) The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.
Acute :: Acute (v. t.) To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much..
Speak :: Speak (v. i.) To give sound; to sound.
Wholesome :: Wholesome (superl.) Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws..
Skirl :: Skirl (n.) A shrill cry or sound.
Ding :: Ding (v. i.) To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang..
Thump :: Thump (n.) The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like..
Tremble :: Tremble (v. i.) To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles..
Replication :: Replication (n.) Return or repercussion, as of sound; echo..
Coo :: Coo (v. i.) To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the characteristic note of pigeons or doves..
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