verbπShareTo produce a sound."When the horn sounds, take cover."soundmusicphoneticslanguagecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo convey an impression by one's sound."He sounded good when we last spoke."soundcommunicationlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound."The alarm sounded at 7 AM, waking everyone in the house. "soundcommunicationmediaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo resound."The empty gymnasium sounded with the echo of the bouncing basketball. "soundmusicsensationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShare(often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law."The argument about property rights sounded in contract law, not torts. "lawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo cause to produce a sound."He sounds the instrument."soundactionphysicsmusicsensationcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShare(of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce."The teacher explained how the "a" in "car" sounded different than the "a" in "cat." "languagephoneticslinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareDive downwards, used of a whale."The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive."animalnauticaloceansailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe."When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal."mindhumanpersoncommunicationattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTest; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device."Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope."nauticalsailingtechnologydeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion."to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra"medicinephysiologyanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading