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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | resound |
| Synonyms: | echo, oscillate, reproduce, reverberate, ring, sound, vibrate |
| Notes: | resonate means 'to expand, to intensity, or amplify the sound of,' whereas resound means 'to throw back, repeat, the sound of' |
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| Main Entry: | reflect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give back |
| Synonyms: | cast, catch, copy, echo, emulate, flash, follow, give forth, imitate, match, mirror, rebound, repeat, repercuss, reply, reproduce, resonate, resound, return, reverberate, reverse, revert, shine, take after, throw back |
| Main Entry: | ring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chime; make bell-like noise |
| Synonyms: | bang, beat, bong, buzz, clang, clap, jangle, jingle, knell, peal, play, pull, punch, resonate, resound, reverberate, sound, strike, tinkle, tintinnabulate, toll, vibrate |
| Main Entry: | sound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce noise |
| Synonyms: | babble, bang, bark, blare, blow, boom, burst, buzz, cackle, chatter, clack, clang, clank, clap, clatter, clink, crash, creak, detonate, echo, emit, explode, hum, jabber, jangle, jar, moan, murmur, patter, play, rattle, reflect, resonate, resound, reverberate, ring, roar, rumble, shout, shriek, shrill, sing, slam, smash, snort, squawk, thud, thump, thunder, toot, trumpet, vibrate, whine, whisper |
| Antonyms: | quiet |
| Main Entry: | throb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pulsate, beat |
| Synonyms: | flutter, palpitate, pitpat, pound, pulse, resonate, thrill, thump, tingle, tremble, twitter, vibrate |
| Main Entry: | vibrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shake, quiver |
| Synonyms: | beat, echo, fluctuate, flutter, jar, oscillate, palpitate, pulsate, pulse, quake, resonate, resound, reverberate, ripple, shiver, sway, swing, throb, tremble, tremor, undulate, wave, waver |
| Antonyms: | be still |
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| Main Entry: | sound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
acoustic, altitonant, amphorous, anechoic, assonant, audible, audio, auditory, aural, auricular, borborygmic, buccinal, cacuminal, closed, deaf, distinct, dumb, faint, foudroyant, glad, inaudible, isacoustic, loud, monophonic, mum, mute, noisy, non, quadraphonic, quiet, rataplan, raucous, reel, rooped, roupy, singultous, soft, sonant, sonic, soniferous, sonorific, sonorous, sounding, soundproof, stereophonic, stertorous, still, stone, supersonic, throaty, tone
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| Concept: | Sound. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; sound in general |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
-verbs
produce sound; sound, make a noise; give out sound, emit sound; resound.
-adjectives
sounding; soniferous; sonorous, sonorific; resonant, audible, distinct; stertorous; phonetic; phonic, phonocamptic.
-phrases
"a thousand trills and quivering sounds" [Addison]; forensis strepitus.
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| Antonyms: | silence |
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