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RESOUND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does resound mean?
• RESOUND (verb)
The verb RESOUND has 2 senses:
Familiarity information: RESOUND used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: resounded
Past participle: resounded
-ing form: resounding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ring or echo with sound
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
echo; resound; reverberate; ring
Context example:
the hall resounded with laughter
Hypernyms (to "resound" is one way to...):
go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "resound"):
consonate (sound in sympathy)
reecho (repeat or return an echo again or repeatedly; send (an echo) back)
reecho (echo repeatedly, echo again and again)
bong (ring loudly and deeply)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The woods resound with many kinds of birds
Derivation:
resonant (characterized by resonance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Emit a noise
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
make noise; noise; resound
Hypernyms (to "resound" is one way to...):
go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "resound"):
howl; roar (make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles)
blare; blast (make a strident sound)
ring out (sound loudly)
backfire (emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire)
scream (make a loud, piercing sound)
jangle; jingle; jingle-jangle (make a sound typical of metallic objects)
drown out (make imperceptible)
clitter; stridulate (make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures)
brattle; clack; clatter (make a rattling sound)
racket (make loud and annoying noises)
creak; screak; screech; skreak; squeak; whine (make a high-pitched, screeching noise)
crackle; crunch; scranch; scraunch (make a crushing noise)
hum (make a low continuous sound)
claxon; honk (use the horn of a car)
purl; sough (make a murmuring sound)
sizzle (make a sound like frying fat)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
resonant (characterized by resonance)
Context examples
This was Rapunzel, who in her solitude passed her time in letting her sweet voice resound.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Suddenly there was a shrill cry of alarm, with the word "Stoa" resounding from a hundred tongues.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As he came out of his room he heard the slosh of water, a sharp exclamation, and a resounding smack as his sister visited her irritation upon one of her numerous progeny.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The name of “Eleanor” at the same moment, in his loudest tone, resounded through the building, giving to his daughter the first intimation of his presence, and to Catherine terror upon terror.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
The world is given to them, and it resounds with the clang of their hammers and the ringing of their church bells.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He threw one arm down to protect the stomach, the other arm up to protect the head; but Wolf Larsen’s fist drove midway between, on the chest, with a crushing, resounding impact.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Next door there appeared to be a children’s party, for the merry buzz of young voices and the clatter of a piano resounded through the night.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Such were the kind of lamentations resounding perpetually through Longbourn House.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Ask just about any parent whether napping has benefits and you'll likely hear a resounding "yes," particularly for the child's mood, energy levels, and school performance.
(Children Who Nap Are Happier, Have Higher IQ, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
An oath from Perrault, the resounding impact of a club upon a bony frame, and a shrill yelp of pain, heralded the breaking forth of pandemonium.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
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