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| n. (attribute) | 1. sound | the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause.; "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music" |
| ~ noisiness, racketiness | the auditory effect characterized by loud and constant noise. |
| ~ ring | a characteristic sound.; "it has the ring of sincerity" |
| ~ unison | (music) two or more sounds or tones at the same pitch or in octaves.; "singing in unison" |
| ~ voice | the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech.; "A shrill voice sounded behind us" |
| ~ sound property | an attribute of sound. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. auditory sensation, sound | the subjective sensation of hearing something.; "he strained to hear the faint sounds" |
| ~ aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression | an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation.; "a sensation of touch" |
| ~ euphony, music | any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds.; "he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes" |
| ~ music | (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds). |
| ~ pure tone, tone | a steady sound without overtones.; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies" |
| ~ dissonance, noise, racket | the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience.; "modern music is just noise to me" |
| ~ dub | the new sounds added by dubbing. |
| n. (phenomenon) | 3. sound | mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium.; "falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them" |
| ~ mechanical phenomenon | a physical phenomenon associated with the equilibrium or motion of objects. |
| ~ ultrasound | very high frequency sound; used in ultrasonography. |
| n. (event) | 4. sound | the sudden occurrence of an audible event.; "the sound awakened them" |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| ~ bong | a dull resonant sound as of a bell. |
| ~ beat | the sound of stroke or blow.; "he heard the beat of a drum" |
| ~ beep, bleep | a short high tone produced as a signal or warning. |
| ~ bell, toll | the sound of a bell being struck.; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells" |
| ~ bombilation, bombination, buzz | sound of rapid vibration.; "the buzz of a bumble bee" |
| ~ click, clink, chink | a short light metallic sound. |
| ~ chirp | a sharp sound made by small birds or insects. |
| ~ chirrup, twitter | a series of chirps. |
| ~ chorus | any utterance produced simultaneously by a group.; "a chorus of boos" |
| ~ click-clack | a succession of clicks. |
| ~ clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clumping, clunking | the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface. |
| ~ cry | the characteristic utterance of an animal.; "animal cries filled the night" |
| ~ ding | a ringing sound. |
| ~ drip, dripping | the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop.; "the constant sound of dripping irritated him" |
| ~ drum | the sound of a drum.; "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes" |
| ~ footfall, footstep, step | the sound of a step of someone walking.; "he heard footsteps on the porch" |
| ~ gargle | the sound produced while gargling. |
| ~ gurgle | the bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck. |
| ~ jangle, jingle | a metallic sound.; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of spurs" |
| ~ knock, knocking | the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing).; "the knocking grew louder" |
| ~ murmur, murmuration, murmuring, mussitation, mutter, muttering | a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech. |
| ~ noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).; "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| ~ drum roll, paradiddle, roll | the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously. |
| ~ pat, tap, rap | the sound made by a gentle blow. |
| ~ patter | a quick succession of light rapid sounds.; "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet" |
| ~ peal, pealing, rolling, roll | a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells). |
| ~ ping | a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal). |
| ~ plunk | a hollow twanging sound. |
| ~ popping, pop | a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork. |
| ~ purr | a low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat. |
| ~ quack | the harsh sound of a duck. |
| ~ quaver | a tremulous sound. |
| ~ ringing, tintinnabulation, ring | the sound of a bell ringing.; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells" |
| ~ drumbeat, rataplan, rub-a-dub | the sound made by beating a drum. |
| ~ sigh | a sound like a person sighing.; "she heard the sigh of the wind in the trees" |
| ~ skirl | the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe. |
| ~ song | a distinctive or characteristic sound.; "the song of bullets was in the air"; "the song of the wind"; "the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead" |
| ~ strum | sound of strumming.; "the strum of a guitar" |
| ~ susurration, susurrus | the indistinct sound of people whispering.; "a soft susurrus of conversation" |
| ~ swish | a brushing or rustling sound. |
| ~ tapping | the sound of light blow or knock.; "he heard the tapping of the man's cane" |
| ~ throbbing | a sound with a strong rhythmic beat.; "the throbbing of the engines" |
| ~ clunk, thud, thump, thumping, clump | a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects). |
| ~ thrum | a thrumming sound.; "he could hear the thrum of a banjo" |
| ~ thunk | a dull hollow sound.; "the basketball made a thunk as it hit the rim" |
| ~ tick, ticking | a metallic tapping sound.; "he counted the ticks of the clock" |
| ~ ting, tinkle | a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell. |
| ~ toot | a blast of a horn. |
| ~ tootle | the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument.; "he enjoyed hearing the tootles of their horns as the musicians warmed up" |
| ~ trample, trampling | the sound of heavy treading or stomping.; "he heard the trample of many feet" |
| ~ twang | a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string). |
| ~ vibrato | (music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch. |
| ~ voice | a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance.; "the noisy voice of the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery" |
| ~ vroom | the roaring sound made by a motor that is running at high speed. |
| ~ whack | the sound made by a sharp swift blow. |
| ~ whir, whirr, whirring, birr | sound of something in rapid motion.; "whir of a bird's wings"; "the whir of the propellers" |
| ~ whistle, whistling | the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture. |
| ~ whiz | a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air.; "he heard the whiz of bullets near his head" |
| ~ zing | a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound.; "the zing of the passing bullet" |
| ~ zizz | a buzzing or whizzing sound.; "a nasty zizz in the engine" |
| n. (communication) | 5. audio, sound | the audible part of a transmitted signal.; "they always raise the audio for commercials" |
| ~ telecasting, television, tv, video | broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects.; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" |
| ~ auditory communication | communication that relies on hearing. |
| n. (communication) | 6. phone, sound, speech sound | (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language. |
| ~ phonetics | the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis. |
| ~ language unit, linguistic unit | one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed. |
| ~ utterance, vocalization | the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication. |
| ~ phoneme | (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language. |
| ~ vowel, vowel sound | a speech sound made with the vocal tract open. |
| ~ glide, semivowel | a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant. |
| ~ consonant | a speech sound that is not a vowel. |
| ~ orinasal, orinasal phone | a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels). |
| ~ sonant, voiced sound | a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords. |
| n. (object) | 7. sound, strait | a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water. |
| ~ canakkale bogazi, dardanelles, hellespont | the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey. |
| ~ east river | a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn. |
| ~ bering strait | a strait connecting the Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean. |
| ~ bosporus | a strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey; an important shipping route. |
| ~ channel | a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels.; "the ship went aground in the channel" |
| ~ cook strait | a narrow strait separating the North Island and South Island in New Zealand. |
| ~ golden gate | a strait in western California that connects the San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean; discovered in 1579 by Sir Francis Drake. |
| ~ kattegatt | a strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Sweden; connects with the North Sea through the Skagerrak. |
| ~ korea strait, korean strait | a strait between Korea and Japan; connects the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan. |
| ~ menai strait | a strait in northern Wales between Anglesey Island and the mainland. |
| ~ narrow | a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water. |
| ~ north channel | a strait between Northern Ireland and Scotland that connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea. |
| ~ skagerak, skagerrak | a broad strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Norway. |
| ~ solent | a strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. |
| ~ strait of georgia | the strait separating Vancouver Island from the Canadian mainland. |
| ~ strait of gibraltar | the strait between Spain and Africa. |
| ~ strait of hormuz, strait of ormuz | a strategically important strait linking the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. |
| ~ strait of magellan | the strait separating South America from Tierra del Fuego and other islands to the south of the continent; discovered by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520; an important route around South America before the Panama Canal was built. |
| ~ strait of messina | the strait separating Sicily from the tip of Italy. |
| ~ pas de calais, strait of calais, strait of dover | the strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent. |
| ~ torres strait | a strait between northeastern Australia and southern New Guinea that connects the Coral Sea with the Arafura Sea. |
| n. (object) | 8. sound | a large ocean inlet or deep bay.; "the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast" |
| ~ body of water, water | the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean).; "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" |
| ~ long island sound | a sound between Long Island and Connecticut. |
| ~ puget sound | an inlet of the North Pacific in northwestern Washington State. |
| ~ queen charlotte sound | an inlet of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia. |
| v. (perception) | 9. sound | appear in a certain way.; "This sounds interesting" |
| ~ appear, seem, look | give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" |
| v. (perception) | 10. go, sound | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| ~ snarl | make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise.; "Bullets snarled past us" |
| ~ sing, whistle | make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound.; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear" |
| ~ cause to be perceived | have perceptible qualities. |
| ~ blow | make a sound as if blown.; "The whistle blew" |
| ~ ting | make a light, metallic sound; go `ting'. |
| ~ make noise, noise, resound | emit a noise. |
| ~ splat | give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact. |
| ~ twang | sound with a twang.; "the bowstring was twanging" |
| ~ clang, clangor | make a loud noise.; "clanging metal" |
| ~ clank | make a clank.; "the train clanked through the village" |
| ~ clangor, clangour | make a loud resonant noise.; "the alarm clangored throughout the building" |
| ~ boom out, boom | make a deep hollow sound.; "Her voice booms out the words of the song" |
| ~ drum, thrum, beat | make a rhythmic sound.; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night" |
| ~ rattle | make short successive sounds. |
| ~ ticktack, ticktock, tick, beat | make a sound like a clock or a timer.; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" |
| ~ resonate, vibrate | sound with resonance.; "The sound resonates well in this theater" |
| ~ crash | make a sudden loud sound.; "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night" |
| ~ tweet, twirp | make a weak, chirping sound.; "the small bird was tweeting in the tree" |
| ~ skirl | make a shrill, wailing sound.; "skirling bagpipes" |
| ~ gurgle | make sounds similar to gurgling water.; "The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it" |
| ~ glug | make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle.; "the wine bottles glugged" |
| ~ blow | sound by having air expelled through a tube.; "The trumpets blew" |
| ~ whish | make a sibilant sound. |
| ~ guggle | make a sound like a liquid that is being poured from a bottle. |
| ~ ping | make a short high-pitched sound.; "the bullet pinged when they struck the car" |
| ~ ping, pink, knock | sound like a car engine that is firing too early.; "the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded" |
| ~ trump | produce a sound as if from a trumpet. |
| ~ squelch | make a sucking sound. |
| ~ chug | make a dull, explosive sound.; "the engine chugged down the street" |
| ~ ring, peal | sound loudly and sonorously.; "the bells rang" |
| ~ bombilate, bombinate, buzz | make a buzzing sound.; "bees were buzzing around the hive" |
| ~ chime | emit a sound.; "bells and gongs chimed" |
| ~ rustle | make a dry crackling sound.; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze" |
| ~ crack, snap | make a sharp sound.; "his fingers snapped" |
| ~ crack | make a very sharp explosive sound.; "His gun cracked" |
| ~ beep, claxon, honk, toot, blare | make a loud noise.; "The horns of the taxis blared" |
| ~ whistle | make whistling sounds.; "He lay there, snoring and whistling" |
| ~ resound, reverberate, echo, ring | ring or echo with sound.; "the hall resounded with laughter" |
| ~ thud, thump | make a dull sound.; "the knocker thudded against the front door" |
| ~ clop, clump, clunk, plunk | make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground. |
| ~ patter, pitter-patter | make light, rapid and repeated sounds.; "gently pattering rain" |
| ~ pink, rap, knock, tap | make light, repeated taps on a surface.; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently" |
| ~ tick, click | make a clicking or ticking sound.; "The clock ticked away" |
| ~ chatter, click | click repeatedly or uncontrollably.; "Chattering teeth" |
| ~ pop | make a sharp explosive noise.; "The cork of the champagne bottle popped" |
| ~ chink, tink, tinkle, clink | make or emit a high sound.; "tinkling bells" |
| ~ slosh, slush, splosh, splash | make a splashing sound.; "water was splashing on the floor" |
| ~ thrum, hum | sound with a monotonous hum. |
| ~ bleep | emit a single short high-pitched signal.; "The computer bleeped away" |
| ~ rumble, grumble | make a low noise.; "rumbling thunder" |
| ~ boom, din | make a resonant sound, like artillery.; "His deep voice boomed through the hall" |
| ~ bang | to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound.; "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed" |
| ~ burble, guggle, gurgle, bubble, ripple, babble | flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise.; "babbling brooks" |
| ~ swish, swoosh, swosh, lap | move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound.; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open" |
| ~ drone | make a monotonous low dull sound.; "The harmonium was droning on" |
| ~ birr, purr, whir, whirr, whiz, whizz | make a soft swishing sound.; "the motor whirred"; "the car engine purred" |
| ~ roll | emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound.; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums" |
| v. (perception) | 11. sound | give off a certain sound or sounds.; "This record sounds scratchy" |
| ~ cackel | make a cackling sound.; "The fire cackled cozily" |
| ~ play | emit recorded sound.; "The tape was playing for hours"; "the stereo was playing Beethoven when I entered" |
| ~ dissonate | be dissonant or harsh.; "The violins in this piece dissonated disturbingly" |
| ~ pierce | sound sharply or shrilly.; "The scream pierced the night" |
| ~ speak | make a characteristic or natural sound.; "The drums spoke" |
| v. (perception) | 12. sound | announce by means of a sound.; "sound the alarm" |
| ~ announce, denote | make known; make an announcement.; "She denoted her feelings clearly" |
| v. (communication) | 13. sound, vocalise, vocalize, voice | utter with vibrating vocal chords. |
| ~ enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out, articulate, say | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way.; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?" |
| ~ chirk | make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird. |
| ~ quaver, waver | give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency. |
| v. (perception) | 14. sound | cause to sound.; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note" |
| ~ play | perform music on (a musical instrument).; "He plays the flute"; "Can you play on this old recorder?" |
| ~ blow | play or sound a wind instrument.; "She blew the horn" |
| ~ twang | cause to sound with a twang.; "He twanged the guitar string" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| ~ prepare | lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord.; "prepare the discord in bar 139" |
| ~ gong | sound a gong. |
| ~ ting | cause to make a ting. |
| ~ strum, thrum | sound the strings of (a string instrument).; "strum a guitar" |
| ~ knell, ring | make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification.; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church" |
| ~ pop | cause to make a sharp explosive sound.; "He popped the champagne bottle" |
| ~ clink | make a high sound typical of glass.; "champagne glasses clinked to make a toast" |
| v. (change) | 15. fathom, sound | measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line. |
| ~ measure, quantify | express as a number or measure or quantity.; "Can you quantify your results?" |
| adj. | 16. sound | financially secure and safe.; "sound investments"; "a sound economy" |
| ~ unbroken | not broken; whole and intact; in one piece.; "fortunately the other lens is unbroken" |
| ~ undamaged | not harmed or spoiled; sound. |
| ~ fit | physically and mentally sound or healthy.; "felt relaxed and fit after their holiday"; "keeps fit with diet and exercise" |
| ~ healthy | having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease.; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy" |
| ~ uninjured | not injured physically or mentally. |
| ~ dependable, safe, secure, good | financially sound.; "a good investment"; "a secure investment" |
| ~ healthy | financially secure and functioning well.; "a healthy economy" |
| ~ solid | financially sound.; "the bank is solid and will survive this attack" |
| ~ stable | firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation.; "the economy is stable" |
| ~ wholesome | conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being.; "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food" |
| adj. | 17. healthy, intelligent, level-headed, levelheaded, sound | exercising or showing good judgment.; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision" |
| ~ reasonable, sensible | showing reason or sound judgment.; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person" |
| adj. | 18. sound | in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay.; "a sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation" |
| ~ substantial, strong, solid | of good quality and condition; solidly built.; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings" |
| adj. | 19. good, sound | in excellent physical condition.; "good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body" |
| ~ healthy | having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease.; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy" |
| adj. | 20. reasoned, sound, well-grounded | logically valid.; "a sound argument" |
| ~ valid | well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force.; "a valid inference"; "a valid argument"; "a valid contract" |
| adj. | 21. effectual, legal, sound | having legal efficacy or force.; "a sound title to the property" |
| ~ valid | well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force.; "a valid inference"; "a valid argument"; "a valid contract" |
| adj. | 22. sound | free from moral defect.; "a man of sound character" |
| ~ righteous | characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice.; "the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much" |
| adj. | 23. heavy, profound, sound, wakeless | (of sleep) deep and complete.; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep" |
| ~ deep | relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply.; "a deep breath"; "a deep sigh"; "deep concentration"; "deep emotion"; "a deep trance"; "in a deep sleep" |
| adj. | 24. sound | thorough.; "a sound thrashing" |
| ~ complete | having every necessary or normal part or component or step.; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting" |
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