sound

IPA: sˈaʊnd

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.
Noise without meaning; empty noise.
Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.
(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.
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.

(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, obsolete) To resound.
(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.
(transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
(transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
(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.

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