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sound

[sound] / saʊnd /








VERB
give the impression
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
be real
WEAK


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For, striking on the drum of the ear, it causeth a vibration, which by the auditory nerves being communicated to the brain, the soul is thereupon affected with the sensation called SOUND.

From Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous by Berkeley, George

It is this very motion in the external air that produces in the mind the sensation of SOUND.

From Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous by Berkeley, George

Can a real thing, in itself INVISIBLE, be like a COLOUR; or a real thing, which is not AUDIBLE, be like a SOUND?

From Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous by Berkeley, George

SOUND, sweet song, from some far land, Sighing softly close at hand, Now of joy, and now of woe!

From The Poems of Goethe Translated in the original metres by Bowring, Edgar Alfred

Answer SOUND, sound the clarion, fill the fife!

From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir




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