sound vs thunder

sound

verb
  • To produce a sound. 

  • To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe. 

  • Dive downwards, used of a whale. 

  • To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound. 

  • Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device. 

  • To convey an impression by one's sound. 

  • To cause to produce a sound. 

  • To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion. 

  • To pronounce. 

  • To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy. 

adj
  • Heavy; laid on with force. 

  • Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective. 

  • Complete, solid, or secure. 

  • Having the property of soundness. 

  • Healthy. 

  • Quiet and deep. 

  • Good; acceptable; decent. 

intj
  • Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm. 

adv
  • Soundly. 

noun
  • Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard. 

  • A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra, &. 

  • A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean. 

  • A long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde. 

  • A segment as a part of spoken language, the smallest unit of spoken language, a speech sound. 

  • Noise without meaning; empty noise. 

  • A vibration capable of causing such sensations. 

  • A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium. 

  • The air bladder of a fish. 

thunder

verb
  • To make a noise like thunder. 

  • To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice. 

  • To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity. 

  • To (make something) move very fast (with loud noise). 

  • To produce something with incredible power. 

noun
  • The spotlight. 

  • An alarming or startling threat or denunciation. 

  • The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt. 

  • A deep, rumbling noise resembling thunder. 

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