sound

noun

  1. 1

    the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

    the sound of rain on the roof

    the beautiful sound of music

  2. 2

    the subjective sensation of hearing something

    he strained to hear the faint sounds

  3. 3

    the audible part of a transmitted signal

    they always raise the audio for commercials

  4. 4

    (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

  5. 5

    the sudden occurrence of an audible event

    the sound awakened them

  6. 6

    a large ocean inlet or deep bay

    the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast

  7. 7

    a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

  8. 8

    mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium

    falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them

verb

  1. 1

    measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

  2. 2

    utter with vibrating vocal chords

  3. 3

    appear in a certain way

    This sounds interesting

  4. 4

    give off a certain sound or sounds

    This record sounds scratchy

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