Sound is vibration in air and water that stimulate the nerves inside the ears to create the sensation of hearing.
(noun)Sound is defined as to have a particular tone or seem a certain way.
(verb)The definition of sound is someone or something that is in good condition.
(adjective)An example of sound is a well made chair.
The definition of a sound is a wide channel or strait linking two large bodies of water.
(noun)An example of sound is the English Channel.
See sound in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: < ME soun (+ unhistoric -d) < OFr son < L sonus < IE *swonos, a sound, noise < base *swen-, to sound > OE swinsian, to sing, make music
intransitive verb
Origin: ME sounen < OFr soner < L sonare
transitive verb
adjective
Origin: ME < OE (ge)sund, akin to Dan sund, Ger (ge)sund < Gmc *swintha-, strong > OE swith
adverb
noun
Origin: ME < OE sund, a swimming, water, strait & ON sund, both < base *swem- > swim
transitive verb
Origin: ME sounden < MFr sonder < VL subundare, to submerge < L sub, under + unda, a wave: see water
intransitive verb
noun
See sound in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English soun
Origin: , from Old French son
Origin: , from Latin sonus; see swen- in Indo-European roots
.adjective sound·er, sound·est
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English gesund
.Related Forms:
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English sund, swimming, sea
.verb sound·ed, sound·ing, sounds verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English sounden
Origin: , from Old French sonder
Origin: , from sonde, sounding line
Origin: , probably of Germanic origin
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Sound
See also hearing; language; music; pronunciation; songs and singing; speech; thunder.
1. Physics. the study of sound and sound waves.
2. the qualities or characteristics of a space, as an auditorium, that deter-mine the audibility and fidelity of sounds in it. —acoustician, n. —acoustic, adj.
anacamptics
Obsolete, the study of the reflection of sounds. —anacamptic, adj.
likeness or approximate similarity in sound.
bombilation
Rare. a rumbling sound.
Rare. a buzzing or humming sound.
1. a harshness of sound.
2. discordant noise. —cacophonic, cacophonous, adj.
a crackling sound.
diacoustics
Rare. the science of sounds refracted through various media.
the fixing of the position of an object by transmitting a signal and measuring the time required for it to bounce back, typically done by radar or sonar and by bats.
echometry
the measurement of the duration of and intervals between sounds. —echometer, n.
1. an agreeableness in sounds; a pleasantness to the ear; harmoniousness.
2. Phonetics. a harmoniousness in speech sounds, especially in word choices emphasizing various patterns of consonants or vowels. —euphonic, euphonical, euphonious, adj.
harmonometer
an instrument for measuring the relationships between sounds.
the state or quality of sounding identical, whether spelled identically or not, as bear and bare.
the state or condition of a letter, word, or symbol having the same sound as another but a different meaning, regardless of sameness or difference in spelling, as choirlquire. —homophonic, homophonous, adj.
kaleidophon, kaleidophone
an instrument for the visual representation of sound waves.
dullness or uniformity, similar to that experienced from a repeated sound. —monotonous, adj.
the state or condition of a word formed to imitate the sound of its intended meaning, as rustle. —onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic, onoma-topoietic, onomatopoeial, adj.
an unusually sharp quality or pitch of sound or voice.
1. the study of speech sounds, from either or both the phonetic and phonemic viewpoints.
2. the phonetic and phonemic systems of a language. See also linguistics. —phonologist, n. —phonological, adj.
phonomania
an abnormal love of noise.
phonophobia
an abnormal f ear of noise.
the condition or quality of producing a deep or loud sound. —plangent, adj.
the study of the relationship between sounds and their perception by the listener, especially with regard to how the perception depends on the physical characteristics of the sound rather than on the mind of the listener. —psychoacoustician, n. —psychoacoustic, adj.
raucity
the state or quality of sounding hoarse or harsh. —raucous, adj.
the state or quality of a hissing sound. —sibilant, adj.
1. the producing of a shrill, grating noise by chafing a serrated part of the body against a hard part.
2. the noise so produced. —stridulator, n. —stridulant, stridulatory, adj.
1. the act or process of whispering.
2. a whispering sound or soft rustling. Also susurrus. —susurrant, susurrous, adj.
tautophony
repetition of the same sound. —tautophonic, tautophonical, adj.
the science or study of ultrasonic vibrations, those belonging to a frequency above the audio range. —ultrasonic, adj.
1. the act of wailing or hooting.
2. the sound thus produced. —ululant, adj.
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