sound
/ˈsaʊ̯nd/ noun C2- A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium. · He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him. Nobody made a sound.
- A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
- 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. · Stay within the sound of my voice.
- A segment as a part of spoken language, the smallest unit of spoken language, a speech sound.
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But having heard the neigh of the horse, they were so enchanted with the sound, that they tried to imitate it; and, in trying to neigh, they forgot how to sing.
The bride blushed, while Fernand, restless and uneasy, seemed to start at every fresh sound, and from time to time wiped away the large drops of perspiration that gathered on his brow.
“Is all safe and sound, M.
“Do you know, my dear Villefort,” cried the Comte de Salvieux, “that is exactly what I myself said the other day at the Tuileries, when questioned by his majesty’s principal chamberlain touching the singularity of an alliance between the son of a Girondin and the daughter of an officer of the Duc de Condé; and I assure you he seemed fully to comprehend that this mode of reconciling political differences was based upon sound and excellent principles.
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