sound

/sɑʊnd/ v [I/T] (MAKE NOISE)

Definition

› to make a noise: [I] A bell sounds after fifty minutes to signal the end of the class period. [T] Sound the alarm – a prisoner has escaped!

(Definition of sound v (MAKE NOISE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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