Definition of sound

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Sound (v. t.) To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient..

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Clink :: Clink (n.) A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies..
Sounded :: Sounded (imp. & p. p.) of Soun.
Reverberate :: Reverberate (v. t.) To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat..
Sob :: Sob (n.) Any sorrowful cry or sound.
Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound..
Euphonism :: Euphonism (n.) An agreeable combination of sounds; euphony.
Soun :: Soun (n. & v.) Sound.
Picking :: Picking (a.) Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound..
Snarl :: Snarl (v. i.) To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds..
Trill :: Trill (v. i.) To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
Lunatic :: Lunatic (n.) A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind..
Lambdacism :: Lambdacism (n.) The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for American..
Phonetics :: Phonetics (n.) The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the human voice; phonology.
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth..
Vocally :: Vocally (adv.) In a vocal manner; with voice; orally; with audible sound.
Homonym :: Homonym (n.) A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear..
Medium :: Medium (n.) A substance through which an effect is transmitted from one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc., a person through whom the action of another being is said to be manifested and transmitted..
Voice :: Voice (n.) Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; -- distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f, s, sh, etc., and also whisper..
Fizz :: Fizz (v. i.) To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse..
Hem :: Hem (n.) An utterance or sound of the voice, hem or hm, often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention..
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