Definition of sound

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Sound (v. t.) To causse to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn..

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Coo :: Coo (v. i.) To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the characteristic note of pigeons or doves..
Monotony :: Monotony (n.) A frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound, producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or singing..
Echo :: Echo (v. t.) To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate.
Acute :: Acute (v. t.) To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much..
Scranch :: Scranch (v. t.) To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch..
Harmonical :: Harmonical (a.) Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds..
Surd :: Surd (a.) Uttered, as an element of speech, without tone, or proper vocal sound; voiceless; unintonated; nonvocal; atonic; whispered; aspirated; sharp; hard, as f, p, s, etc.; -- opposed to sonant. See Guide to Pronunciation, //169, 179, 180..
Sizzle :: Sizzle (n.) A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire..
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To give the signal for, by beat of drum; to sound by beat of drum; as, to beat an alarm, a charge, a parley, a retreat; to beat the general, the reveille, the tattoo. See Alarm, Charge, Parley, etc..
Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun..
Nonconductor :: Nonconductor (n.) A substance which does not conduct, that is, convey or transmit, heat, electricity, sound, vibration, or the like, or which transmits them with difficulty; an insulator; as, wool is a nonconductor of heat; glass and dry wood are nonconductors of electricity..
Implodent :: Implodent (n.) An implosive sound.
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
Cooee :: Cooee (n.) A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal.
Toll :: Toll (n.) The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated.
Ting :: Ting (v. i.) To sound or ring, as a bell; to tinkle..
Knit :: Knit (v. i.) To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones will in time knit and become sound..
Deaf :: Deaf (a.) Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man..
Ring :: Ring (v. i.) To sound, as a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one..
Polyphony :: Polyphony (n.) Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo..
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