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- pronunciation:
- saUnd
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
If you hit a drum or clap your hands, you send signals through the air that most people or animals can sense with their ears. When you do things like this, you create sound. Sound is stuff that people can hear.
When there is silence, there is no sound.- synonyms:
- noise
- antonyms:
- silence
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| definition 2: |
A sound is a particular thing that people or animals can hear with their ears.
I didn't hear a sound, but I think my dog did because he suddenly started barking.The sound of the garbage truck wakes Justin up early every Tuesday morning.Loud sounds scare Jacob. When he hears a loud sound, he covers his ears with his hands.- similar words:
- noise
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| related words: |
music, pitch, tone, volume |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
sounds, sounding, sounded |
| definition 1: |
When something sounds, it sends out a noise. We know that some things make certain noises. For example, we know that a school bell makes a certain noise. Alarms make a certain noise. When something sounds, it starts making the noise that we expect it to make.
When the thunder sounded, everyone had to get out of the pool.Noah's alarm clock sounded, but he was sleeping so deeply that he didn't hear it.- similar words:
- echo, ring, rumble
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| definition 2: |
If someone tells you things about your new teacher and she sounds nice, it means you can easily imagine that she is nice judging from the things they said about her. Your impression about her is that she is nice. If you read things about a new movie and it sounds great, you will probably want to see this movie.
All the desserts on the menu sounded so good that Nathan couldn't decide which one to get.Amy told me about her vacation and it sounded fantastic.I heard about an accident on the news and it sounded pretty bad.- synonyms:
- appear, seem
- similar words:
- come across, look
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| definition 3: |
If a noise sounds funny to you, it means that the noise seems funny to you when you hear it. If your dad sounded angry this morning, it means that he seemed angry when you heard his voice.
My mom always sounds happy when she talks to my aunt on the phone.Matt's dad said the car sounded as if something was wrong with its engine.The noise sounded like a bird, but I'm not sure what it was really. |
| related words: |
blow, seem, speak |
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