sound

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sound[3,noun] sound[4,verb] sound[5,noun] sound[6,verb] sound[7,noun]

Main Entry: ³sound
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English soun, from Anglo-French son, sun, from Latin sonus, from sonare to sound; akin to Old English swinn melody, Sanskrit svanati it sounds
1 a : a particular auditory impression : TONE b : the sensation perceived by the sense of hearing c : mechanical radiant energy that is transmitted by longitudinal pressure waves in a material medium (as air) and is the objective cause of hearing
2 a : a speech sound <a peculiar r-sound> b : value in terms of speech sounds <-cher of teacher and -ture of creature have the same sound>
3 archaic : RUMOR, FAME
4 a : meaningless noise b obsolete : MEANING c : the impression conveyed : IMPORT
5 : hearing distance : EARSHOT <within sound of your voice>
6 : recorded auditory material
7 : a particular musical style characteristic of an individual, a group, or an area <the Nashville sound>