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      sound
      noun
      A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
      A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
      (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.
      (phonetics) A segment as a part of spoken language, the smallest unit of spoken language, a speech sound.
      (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
      The air bladder of a fish.
      (medicine) A long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde.
      Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.
      Noise without meaning; empty noise.
      The strait that separates Zealand (an island of Denmark) from Scania (part of Sweden); also sometimes called by the Danish name, Øresund.
      Synonym of Plymouth Sound, Devon, England.
      verb
      (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
      (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
      (intransitive) To produce a sound.
      (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
      (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
      (intransitive) Of a whale, to dive downwards.
      To ascertain, or to try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
      To fathom or test; to ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
      (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
      (intransitive, law, often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy.
      (intransitive, obsolete) To resound.
      adjective
      (of sleep) Quiet and deep.
      (British, Ireland, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
      Healthy.
      Complete, solid, or secure.
      Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
      (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
      Heavy; laid on with force.
      adverb
      Soundly.
      Roots
      sonussound- · Latin · sound
      Synonyms for sound
      voicenphonatevvocalizevresoundvclangornreverberationncacophonyn
      Words related to sound
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