Definition of Sounds

1. Noun. (plural of sound) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of sound) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sounds

1. sound [v] - See also: sound

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sounds

soundless
soundlessly
soundlessness
soundlike
soundly
soundman
soundmen
soundness
soundnesses
soundpainting
soundproof
soundproofed
soundproofing
soundproofings
soundproofs
sounds (current term)
soundscape
soundscapes
soundscaping
soundscore
soundscores
soundstage
soundstages
soundtrack
soundtracked
soundtracking
soundtracks
soundwave
soundwaves
soundwise

Literary usage of Sounds

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1872)
"The emission of sounds — Vocal soundssounds otherwise produced— Erection of the dermal appendages, hairs, feathers, &c., under the emotions of anger and ..."

2. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1876)
"Of the Lines in which sounds move .... 414 Of the Lasting or Perishing of sounds ... 415 Of the Passage or Interception of sounds - - - 417 Of the Medium of ..."

3. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Memories of Word-sounds When a child learns to speak, it stores up memories of the sounds of words hoard, in an area adjacent to the auditory sense area; ..."

4. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"Non-musical sounds or noises, which constitute the vast majority of our auditory ... As the case of musical sounds is far the simpler, the theory of the ..."

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