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Definition of Resound
1. Verb. Ring or echo with sound. "The woods resound with many kinds of birds "; "The hall resounded with laughter"
Generic synonyms: Go, Sound
Specialized synonyms: Consonate, Reecho, Reecho, Bong
Derivative terms: Echo, Resonant, Reverberance, Reverberant, Reverberation, Reverberative, Ring, Ringing
2. Verb. Emit a noise.
Specialized synonyms: Sizzle, Howl, Roar, Purl, Sough, Claxon, Honk, Hum, Crackle, Crunch, Scranch, Scraunch, Creak, Screak, Screech, Skreak, Squeak, Whine, Racket, Brattle, Clack, Clatter, Clitter, Stridulate, Drown Out, Jangle, Jingle, Jingle-jangle, Scream, Backfire, Ring Out, Blare, Blast
Generic synonyms: Go, Sound
Derivative terms: Noise, Noise, Resonant
Definition of Resound
1. v. t. & i. To sound again or anew.
2. v. i. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far.
3. v. t. To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo; to reverberate.
4. n. Return of sound; echo.
Definition of Resound
1. Verb. (intransitive) to sound again ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) to echo a sound ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) to reverberate with sound or noise ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) to make a reverberating sound ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Resound
1. to make a loud, long, or echoing sound [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Resound
1. 1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far. 2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song. 3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame . . . Resounds back to them again." 4. To be mentioned much and loudly. 5. To echo or reverberate; to be resonant; as, the earth resounded with his praise. Origin: OE. Resounen, OF. Resoner, F. Resonner, from L. Resonare; pref. Re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to make a noise. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Resound
Literary usage of Resound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"To Bacchus therefore let us tune our lays, And in our mother tongue resound his
Thin cakes in chargers, and a guilty goat, ..."
2. The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1901)
"... making the place resound with her laughter, in which I most heartily joined.
She had to change everything. Therese provided her with what was necessary, ..."
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