Definition of sound

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Sound (v. t.) To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported; to publish or proclaim; as, to sound the praises of fame of a great man or a great exploit..

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Vocule :: Vocule (n.) A short or weak utterance; a faint or feeble sound, as that heard on separating the lips in pronouncing p or b..
Hum :: Hum (interj.) An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc..
Onomatopoeia :: Onomatopoeia (n.) The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire..
Wheeze :: Wheeze (n.) A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
Dentilingual :: Dentilingual (a.) Produced by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums; or representing a sound so formed.
Sounding :: Sounding (n.) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained..
Toot :: Toot (v. t.) To cause to sound, as a horn, the note being modified at the beginning and end as if by pronouncing the letter t; to blow; to sound..
Declamation :: Declamation (n.) Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation..
Sounding-board :: Sounding-board (n.) See Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise..
Chink :: Chink (n.) A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence..
Tremolo :: Tremolo (n.) A certain contrivance in an organ, which causes the notes to sound with rapid pulses or beats, producing a tremulous effect; -- called also tremolant, and tremulant..
Hard-headed :: Hard-headed (a.) Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd.
Tintinnabulation :: Tintinnabulation (n.) A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells..
Toll :: Toll (n.) The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated.
Roll :: Roll (n.) To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon..
Clank :: Clank (n.) A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink..
Whir :: Whir (v. t.) To hurry a long with a whizzing sound.
Toll :: Toll (v. t.) To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell..
Faint :: Faint (superl.) Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound..
Nasalize :: Nasalize (v. t.) To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound in..
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