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| Main Entry: | sound |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something heard or audible |
| Synonyms: | accent, din, harmony, intonation, melody, modulation, music, noise, note, pitch, racket, report, resonance, reverberation, softness, static, tenor, tone, vibration, voice, loudness, ringing, sonance, sonancy, sonority, sonorousness, tonality |
| Antonyms: | silence |
| 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: | sound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give the impression |
| Synonyms: | appear, look, seem, appear to be, strike as being |
| Main Entry: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack with words |
| Synonyms: | backbite, bad-mouth, bash, belittle, berate, calumniate, cap*, castigate, cut down*, decry, defame, derogate, discount, insult, knock*, minimize, nag, offend, oppress, persecute, pick on, put down*, reproach, revile, ride*, run down*, scold, signify, slam*, slap*, smear*, sound*, trash*, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, zing*, blow off*, cuss out, cut to the quick, do a number on, dump on, give a black eye, hurl brickbat, rag on, rip up, sling mud, swear at, tear apart |
| Notes: | abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it |
| Antonyms: | acclaim, adulate, approve, commend, compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | acoustics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sound quality |
| Synonyms: | echo, noise, sound, sound properties, sound transmission |
| Main Entry: | appear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seem |
| Synonyms: | occur, resemble, sound, have the appearance, look as if, look like, strike one as |
| Antonyms: | be real |
| Main Entry: | appearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outward show; pretense |
| Synonyms: | aura, beard*, blind, countenance, dream, facade, front, guise, idea, illusion, image, impression, mirage, phenomenon, reflection, screen, seeming, semblance, sound, specter, vision |
| Antonyms: | reality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | narrow body of water |
| Synonyms: | branch, brook, channel, creek, estuary, fjord, inlet, rivulet, sound, strait, stream, subdivision, tributary, firth |
| Main Entry: | bang |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explosive noise |
| Synonyms: | blast, boom, burst, clang, clap, clash, crack, detonation, discharge, howl, peal, pop, report, roar, roll, rumble, salvo, shot, slam, smash, sound, thud, thump, thunder, wham |
| Antonyms: | whimper |
| Main Entry: | bang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit or knock loudly |
| Synonyms: | boom, burst, clang, clatter, crash, detonate, drum, echo, explode, peal, rattle, resound, sound, thump, thunder, make noise |
| Antonyms: | tap |
| Main Entry: | bay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shoreline indentation |
| Synonyms: | anchorage, arm, basin, bayou, bight, cove, estuary, gulf, harbor, inlet, lagoon, mouth, sound, strait, fiord, firth, loch, narrows |
| Main Entry: | blow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make sound, usually with instrument |
| Synonyms: | blare, blast, honk, mouth, pipe, play, sound, toot, trumpet, vibrate |
| Main Entry: | boom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crash; make loud sound |
| Synonyms: | bang, blast, burst, clap, crack, drum, explode, resound, reverberate, roar, roll, rumble, slam, smash, sound, thunder, wham |
| Main Entry: | channel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pathway, usually containing water |
| Synonyms: | approach, aqueduct, arroyo, artery, avenue, canal, canyon, carrier, chamber, chase, conduit, course, dig, ditch, duct, furrow, gouge, groove, gully, gutter, main, means, medium, pass, passage, pipe, route, runway, sewer, slit, sound, strait, trough, tube, tunnel, vein, watercourse, way, fluting, raceway, tideway |
| Main Entry: | chime |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ring, peal |
| Synonyms: | bell, boom, clang, jingle, knell, sound, strike, tinkle, toll, bong, dong, tintinnabulate |
| Main Entry: | chirp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | peep, cheep |
| Synonyms: | call, chip, chipper, lilt, pipe, quaver, roll, sing, sound, trill, tweet, twitter, warble, chirrup, purl, tweedle |
| Main Entry: | clink |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | bang against, ring |
| Synonyms: | chink, clang, jangle, jingle, sound, tingle, tinkle |
| Main Entry: | cove |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inlet, small niche |
| Synonyms: | anchorage, arm, bay, bayou, bight, cave, cavern, creek, estuary, gulf, harbor, hole, lagoon, nook, retreat, sound, wash, firth, frith, slough |
| Main Entry: | crash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bang; banging sound |
| Synonyms: | blast, boom, burst, clang, clap, clash, clatter, crack, din, peal, racket, slam, smash, sound, thunder, wham, clattering, smashing, thunderclap |
| Main Entry: | creak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grind, grate with high noise |
| Synonyms: | groan, rasp, scrape, scratch, screech, sound, squeak, squeal, chirr, crepitate |
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