Definition of sound

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Sound (v. i.) To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible effect.

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Growl :: Growl (v. i.) To utter a deep guttural sound, sa an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound..
Noise :: Noise (n.) Sound of any kind.
Sound :: Sound (v. i.) To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
Reparable :: Reparable (a.) Capable of being repaired, restored to a sound or good state, or made good; restorable; as, a reparable injury..
T :: T () the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter h it forms the digraph th, which has two distinct sounds, as in thin, then. See Guide to Pronunciation, //262-264, and also //153, 156, 169, 172, 176, 178-180..
Chink :: Chink (n.) A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence..
Alphabetism :: Alphabetism (n.) The expression of spoken sounds by an alphabet.
Phonetism :: Phonetism (n.) The science which treats of vocal sounds.
Slide :: Slide (n.) An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics.
Lambdacism :: Lambdacism (n.) The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for American..
Monochord :: Monochord (n.) An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of readily changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between them..
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..
Low :: Low (superl.) Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note..
Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style..
Trumpeter :: Trumpeter (n.) One who sounds a trumpet.
Instrument :: Instrument (n.) A contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced; as, a musical instrument..
Ping :: Ping (v. i.) To make the sound called ping.
Assembly :: Assembly (n.) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
Hoarse :: Hoarse (superl.) Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven..
Hydrophobia :: Hydrophobia (n.) The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness..
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