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# sound

«sound» in Mova's school dictionary: **Anything you can hear: "the sound of rain"** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (sound, sounds); verb (sound, sounds, sounded, sounding); adjective (sound — healthy, safe, sensible)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Anything you can hear: "the sound of rain". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sound/#m1)

2) As a verb, to seem when heard or read: "That sounds fun." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sound/#m2)

3) As a verb, to make a sound or signal: "Sound the alarm." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sound/#m3)

4) As an adjective, healthy, strong or sensible: "safe and sound", "sound advice". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sound/#m4)

5) A narrow stretch of sea (in names: Puget Sound). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sound/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science, sound is made by vibrations that travel through air, water or solids to our ears; it cannot travel through empty space; loud sounds can damage hearing. In reading, letters stand for sounds (phonics). In safety: alarms and sirens are warning sounds. Phrases: sound like, safe and sound, sound asleep, speed of sound, sound effects.

### examples

- I heard a strange sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sound/#x1)
- Sound travels through the air as vibrations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sound/#x2)
- That sounds like a great idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sound/#x3)
- The letters "ph" make an "f" sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sound/#x4)
- Sound the fire alarm! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sound/#x5)
- The baby was sound asleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sound/#x6)
- We got home safe and sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sound/#x7)
- Sound can't travel through space. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sound/#x8)
- “H’m!” said Billy. “It sounds very foolish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sound/#x9)

### note

After "sound" (seem) use an adjective: "sounds good". "Sounds like" + noun or sentence. Sound travels much slower than light, so you see lightning before you hear thunder. Loud music close to your ears can hurt hearing.

### In the corpora

- [A scan picture is made by a machine that uses sound waves to see the baby inside the body without hurting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/10/)
- [A headline word like «Megxit» or «snub» makes a complicated choice sound simple and nasty.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/23/)
- [Tense music, close-ups and slow motion make ordinary mistakes feel dangerous; turn the sound down and the drama shrinks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/54-reality-tv-what-is-staged-and-what-is-real/13/)
- [A parent may sound sharp for a second from shock; that is about the shock, not about the child being bad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react/12/)
- [A chatbot is wonderfully good at sounding right: clear sentences, a calm voice, no "erm".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/3-sounding-right-and-being-right/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sound» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sound/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.