sound
/ˈsaʊ̯nd/ noun C2- 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. · Puget Sound; Owen Sound; Long Island Sound
- The air bladder of a fish. · Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
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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!
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- sound Of a whale, to dive downwards. A2
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- sound Healthy. B2
- sound To produce a sound. C2
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- sound Soundly. C2
- sound off To hold forth about something in an opinionated...
- sound out To question and listen attentively in order to ...
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