Bore (imp.) of Bear |
Bore (v. t.) To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument |
Bore (v. t.) To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or apparatus |
Bore (v. t.) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring |
Bore (v. t.) To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness |
Bore (v. t.) To befool |
Bore (v. i.) To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument |
Bore (v. i.) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns |
Bore (v. i.) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort. |
Bore (v. i.) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air |
Bore (n.) A hole made by boring |
Bore (n.) The internal cylindrical cavity of a gun, cannon, pistol, or other firearm, or of a pipe or tube. |
Bore (n.) The size of a hole |
Bore (n.) A tool for making a hole by boring, as an auger. |
Bore (n.) Caliber |
Bore (n.) A person or thing that wearies by prolixity or dullness |
Bore (n.) A tidal flood which regularly or occasionally rushes into certain rivers of peculiar configuration or location, in one or more waves which present a very abrupt front of considerable height, dangerous to shipping, as at the mouth of the Amazon, in South America, the Hoogly and Indus, in India, and the Tsien-tang, in China. |
Bore (n.) Less properly, a very high and rapid tidal flow, when not so abrupt, such as occurs at the Bay of Fundy and in the British Channel. |
Bore () imp. of 1st & 2d Bear. |
Re-sound (v. t. & i.) To sound again or anew. |
Sound (n.) The air bladder of a fish |
Sound (n.) A cuttlefish. |
Sound (superl.) Whole |
Sound (superl.) Healthy |
Sound (superl.) Firm |
Sound (superl.) Free from error |
Sound (superl.) Founded in truth or right |
Sound (superl.) heavy |
Sound (superl.) Undisturbed |
Sound (superl.) Founded in law |
Sound (adv.) Soundly. |
Sound (n.) A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island |
Sound (v. t.) To measure the depth of |
Sound (v. t.) Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person) |
Sound (v. t.) To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound |
Sound (v. i.) To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device. |
Sound (n.) Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture. |
Sound (n.) The peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration of a material substance affecting the ear |
Sound (n.) The occasion of sound |
Sound (n.) Noise without signification |
Sound (v. i.) To make a noise |
Sound (v. i.) To be conveyed in sound |
Sound (v. i.) To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard |
Sound (v. t.) To causse to make a noise |
Sound (v. t.) To cause to exit as a sound |
Sound (v. t.) To order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or sounds |
Sound (v. t.) To celebrate or honor by sounds |
Sound (v. t.) To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the same to emit sounds and noting their character |
Sound (v. t.) To signify |
Sound-board (n.) A sounding-board. |
sound ranging | locating a source of sound (as an enemy gun) by measurements of the time the sound arrives at microphones in known positions |
sound reproduction | the reproduction of sound |
audio system sound system | a system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound |
bore bore-hole drill hole | a hole or passage made by a drill, usually made for exploratory purposes |
bore bit borer rock drill stone drill | a drill for penetrating rock |
hi-fi high fidelity sound system | equipment for the reproduction of sound with high fidelity |
sound bow | contact (the part of a bell) against which the clapper strikes |
sound camera | a movie camera that records sounds in synchrony with the visual images |
sound film | motion-picture film with sound effects and dialogue recorded on it |
sound hole | a hole in a soundboard (as of a violin) designed to resonate with the tones |
sound recording audio recording audio | a recording of acoustic signals |
sound spectrograph | a spectrograph for acoustic spectra |
sound truck | a truck equipped with a loudspeaker and used for advertising |
judgment judgement sound judgment sound judgement perspicacity | the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions |
sound | the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause, the sound of rain on the roof, the beautiful sound of music |
sound property | an attribute of sound |
echo reverberation sound reflection replication | the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves, she could hear echoes of her own footsteps |
acoustic power sound pressure level | the physical intensity of sound |
bore gauge caliber calibre | diameter of a tube or gun barrel |
auditory perception sound perception | the perception of sound as a meaningful phenomenon |
sound auditory sensation | the subjective sensation of hearing something, he strained to hear the faint sounds |
sound effect | an effect that imitates a sound called for in the script of a play |
morphology sound structure syllable structure word structure | the admissible arrangement of sounds in words |
sound law | a law describing sound changes in the history of a language |
audio sound | the audible part of a transmitted signal, they always raise the audio for commercials |
phonetic alphabet sound alphabet | an alphabet of characters intended to represent specific sounds of speech |
phone speech sound sound | (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language |
vowel vowel sound | a speech sound made with the vocal tract open |
stop consonant stop occlusive plosive consonant plosive speech sound plosive | a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it, his stop consonants are too aspirated |
sonant voiced sound | a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords |
sound bite | a very short speech, usually on radio or television |
sound wave acoustic wave | (acoustics) a wave that transmits sound |
sound | the sudden occurrence of an audible event, the sound awakened them |
tidal bore bore eagre aegir eager | a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) |
Long Island Sound | a sound between Long Island and Connecticut |
Puget Sound | an inlet of the North Pacific in northwestern Washington State |
Queen Charlotte Sound | an inlet of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia |
sound | a large ocean inlet or deep bay, the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast |
strait sound | a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water |
bore dullard | a person who evokes boredom |
sound | mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium, falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them |
sound pressure instantaneous sound pressure | the difference between the instantaneous pressure at a point in a sound field and the average pressure at that point |
sonic barrier sound barrier | the increase in aerodynamic drag as an airplane approaches the speed of sound |
sound spectrum acoustic spectrum | the distribution of energy as a function of frequency for a particular sound source |
projection acoustic projection sound projection | the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality, our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection, a prime ingredient of public speaking is projection of the voice |
sound unit | any acoustic unit of measurement |
noise pollution sound pollution | annoying and potentially harmful environmental noise |
fathom sound | measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line |
check out sound out feel out | try to learn someone's opinions and intentions, I have to sound out the new professor |
complain kick plain sound off quetch kvetch | express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness, My mother complains all day, She has a lot to kick about |