Definition of sound

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Sound (v. i.) To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.

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Hum :: Hum (v. i.) To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums..
Epenthetic :: Epenthetic (a.) Inserted in the body of a word; as, an epenthetic letter or sound..
Phonocamptic :: Phonocamptic (a.) Reflecting sound.
Roar :: Roar (v. i.) To cry with a full, loud, continued sound..
Hum :: Hum (interj.) Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.
Screed :: Screed (n.) A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds..
Jingle :: "Jingle (n.) A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself..
Fathomless :: Fathomless (a.) Incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable; that can not be sounded.
Cooee :: Cooee (n.) A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal.
Purl :: Purl (v. i.) To run swiftly round, as a small stream flowing among stones or other obstructions; to eddy; also, to make a murmuring sound, as water does in running over or through obstructions..
Dance :: Dance (v. i.) To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically..
Drone :: Drone (n.) To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound..
Speculate :: Speculate (v. i.) To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock..
Trill :: Trill (n.) A shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of the sound of an instrument, produced by the rapid alternation of two contiguous tones of the scale; as, to give a trill on the high C. See Shake..
Soundly :: Soundly (adv.) In a sound manner.
Breathe :: Breathe (v. t.) To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing.
Megaphone :: Megaphone (n.) A device to magnify sound, or direct it in a given direction in a greater volume, as a very large funnel used as an ear trumpet or as a speaking trumpet..
Jargle :: Jargle (v. i.) To emit a harsh or discordant sound.
Melody :: Melody (n.) A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.
Flute :: Flute (n.) A stop in an organ, having a flutelike sound..
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