Definition of sound

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Sound (v. t.) To signify; to import; to denote.

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Pipe :: Pipe (n.) The key or sound of the voice.
Grunt :: Grunt (n.) A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog..
Paronymous :: Paronymous (a.) Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning; -- said of certain words, as al/ and awl; hair and hare, etc..
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..
Pure :: Pure (superl.) Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants..
Heptachord :: Heptachord (n.) A system of seven sounds.
Symphony :: Symphony (n.) A consonance or harmony of sounds, agreeable to the ear, whether the sounds are vocal or instrumental, or both..
Iotacism :: Iotacism (n.) The frequent use of the sound of iota (that of English e in be), as among the modern Greeks; also, confusion from sounding /, /, /, /, //, etc., like /..
Assonance :: Assonance (n.) A peculiar species of rhyme, in which the last acce`ted vow`l and tnose whioh follow it in one word correspond in sound with the vowels of another word, while the consonants of the two words are unlike in sound; as, calamo and platano, baby and chary..
Semivocal :: Semivocal (a.) Of or pertaining to a semivowel; half cocal; imperfectly sounding.
Anacamptics :: Anacamptics (n.) The science of reflected sounds.
Mute :: Mute (a.) Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal.
Close :: Close (v. t.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open..
Resiliency :: Resiliency (n.) The act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound..
Halsening :: Halsening (a.) Sounding harshly in the throat; inharmonious; rough.
Infirm :: Infirm (a.) Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an infirm constitution..
Heptachord :: Heptachord (n.) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound..
Phonomotor :: Phonomotor (n.) An instrument in which motion is produced by the vibrations of a sounding body.
Crepitation :: Crepitation (n.) A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air..
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