Definition of sound

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Sound (superl.) Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound thinker..

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Heptachord :: Heptachord (n.) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.
Wheeze :: Wheeze (n.) A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
Blatant :: Blatant (a.) Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly..
Grating :: Grating (a.) That grates; making a harsh sound; harsh.
Resonator :: Resonator (n.) Anything which resounds; specifically, a vessel in the form of a cylinder open at one end, or a hollow ball of brass with two apertures, so contrived as to greatly intensify a musical tone by its resonance. It is used for the study and analysis of complex sounds..
Triphthongal :: Triphthongal (a.) Of or pertaining to a triphthong; consisting of three vowel sounds pronounced together in a single syllable.
Hem :: Hem (v. i.) To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking..
Whisper :: Whisper (v. i.) To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. See Whisper, n..
Hiss :: Hiss (v. t.) To utter with a hissing sound.
Sound :: Sound (superl.) Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep..
Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) An instrument in which gas or steam forced into a cavity, or against a thin edge, produces a sound more or less like that made by one who whistles through the compressed lips; as, a child's whistle; a boatswain's whistle; a steam whistle (see Steam whistle, under Steam)..
Crepitant :: Crepitant (a.) Having a crackling sound; crackling; rattling.
Whisper :: Whisper (n.) A low, sibilant sound..
Vowelize :: Vowelize (v. t.) To give the quality, sound, or office of a vowel to..
Chime :: Chime (n.) Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound..
Sound :: Sound (v. i.) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
Scirrhus :: Scirrhus (n.) A cancerous tumor which is hard, translucent, of a gray or bluish color, and emits a creaking sound when incised..
Anacamptically :: Anacamptically (adv.) By reflection; as, echoes are sound produced anacamptically..
Insanity :: Insanity (n.) The state of being insane; unsoundness or derangement of mind; madness; lunacy.
Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.
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