Definition of sound

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Sound (v. i.) To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention..

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Affinity :: Affinity (n.) Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages..
Grope :: Grope (v. t.) To examine; to test; to sound.
Tintinnabulous :: Tintinnabulous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the tinkling of a bell; having a tinkling sound; tintinnabular..
Ring :: Ring (v. t.) To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell..
Transaudient :: Transaudient (a.) Permitting the passage of sound.
Sepulchral :: Sepulchral (a.) Unnaturally low and grave; hollow in tone; -- said of sound, especially of the voice..
Whack :: Whack (n.) A smart resounding blow.
H :: H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, /, as in shall, thing, /ine (for zh see /274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in ch
Consonous :: Consonous (a.) Agreeing in sound; symphonious.
Labialism :: Labialism (n.) The quality of being labial; as, the labialism of an articulation; conversion into a labial, as of a sound which is different in another language..
Low :: Low (superl.) Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note..
Pronounce :: Pronounce (v. t.) To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly..
Clatter :: Clatter (v. i.) To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds..
Phonomotor :: Phonomotor (n.) An instrument in which motion is produced by the vibrations of a sounding body.
Semivowel :: Semivowel (n.) A sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant, or partaking of the nature of both, as in the English w and y..
Boom :: Boom (v. i.) To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects..
Jargon :: "Jargon (v. i.) To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner..
Continuant :: Continuant (a.) Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound..
Hissingly :: Hissingly (adv.) With a hissing sound.
Flute :: Flute (v. i.) To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound..
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