sound
/ˈsaʊ̯nd/ verb C2- To produce a sound. · When the horn sounds, take cover.
- To convey an impression by one's sound. · He sounded good when we last spoke.· That story sounds like a pack of lies!
- To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
- 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. · In my opinion this claim sounds in damages rather than in an injunction.
- To cause to produce a sound. · Sound the alarm!· He sounds the instrument.
- To pronounce. · The "e" in "house" isn't sounded.
He/she/it sounds · Past sounded · Past participle sounded · -ing form sounding
Verb forms
- Base form
- sound
- He/she/it
- sounds
- Past
- sounded
- Past participle
- sounded
- -ing form
- sounding
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Faintly sound the falling feet;
Where all who loiter slumber sound.
The Antipathies, I think—” (she was rather glad there _was_ no one listening, this time, as it didn’t sound at all the right word) “—but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know.
She waited for some time without hearing anything more: at last came a rumbling of little cartwheels, and the sound of a good many voices all talking together: she made out the words: “Where’s the other ladder?—Why, I hadn’t to bring but one; Bill’s got the other—Bill!
Other matches
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- sound Soundly. C2
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- sound out To question and listen attentively in order to ...
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