Definition of sound

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Sound (v. i.) To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention..

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Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth, or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as, to blow a trumpet; to blow an organ..
Microcoustic :: Microcoustic (a.) Pertaining, or suited, to the audition of small sounds; fitted to assist hearing..
Jangle :: Jangle (v. t.) To cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously; to produce discordant sounds with.
Portamento :: Portamento (n.) In singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying or lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note to another; a gliding from tone to tone..
Insanity :: Insanity (n.) The state of being insane; unsoundness or derangement of mind; madness; lunacy.
Phthongometer :: Phthongometer (n.) An instrument for measuring vocal sounds.
Loud-mouthed :: Loud-mouthed (a.) Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent.
Resound :: Resound (v. i.) To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far..
Equisonant :: Equisonant (a.) Of the same or like sound.
Continuant :: Continuant (n.) A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged.
Sizzle :: Sizzle (n.) A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire..
Stylus :: Stylus (n.) The needle-like device used to cut the grooves which record the sound on the original disc during recording of a phonograph record.
Catacoustic :: Catacoustic (n.) That part of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds or echoes See Acoustics.
Clangor :: Clangor (v. t.) A sharp, harsh, ringing sound..
Siren :: Siren (n.) An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog.
Space :: Space (n.) A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one thing to another; an interval between any two or more objects; as, the space between two stars or two hills; the sound was heard for the space of a mile..
Snap :: Snap (n.) To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound..
Flap :: Flap (v.) The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing..
Blow :: Blow (v. i.) To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet..
Rotten :: Rotten (a.) Not firm or trusty; unsound; defective; treacherous; unsafe; as, a rotten plank, bone, stone..
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