Definition of sound

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Sound (v. t.) To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet..

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Echo :: Echo (v. t.) To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate.
Asperity :: Asperity (n.) Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
Chatter :: Chatter (n.) Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle..
Palatize :: Palatize (v. t.) To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate; as, to palatize a letter or sound..
Lagoon :: Lagoon (n.) A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice..
Howl :: Howl (v. i.) To utter a loud, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do..
Sound :: Sound (n.) The occasion of sound; the impulse or vibration which would occasion sound to a percipient if present with unimpaired; hence, the theory of vibrations in elastic media such cause sound; as, a treatise on 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..
Wheeze :: Wheeze (n.) An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the stage whisper. It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone..
Sounding :: Sounding (n.) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in the plural..
Knoll :: Knoll (v. i.) To sound, as a bell; to knell..
Skirling :: Skirling (n.) A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.
Laugh :: Laugh (v. i.) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter..
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.
Drone :: Drone (n.) To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound..
Resown :: Resown (v.) To resound.
Crow :: Crow (v. i.) To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure.
Osteophone :: Osteophone (n.) An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations through the bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by persons deaf from causes other than those affecting the nervous apparatus of hearing..
Flute :: Flute (v. i.) To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound..
Resound :: Resound (v. i.) To be mentioned much and loudly.
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