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SOUND OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Try to learn someone's opinions and intentions
Example:
I have to sound out the new professor
Synonyms:
check out; feel out; sound out
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "sound out" is one way to...):
query; question (pose a question)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
Example:
Can the child sound out this complicated word?
Synonyms:
articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
"Sound out" entails doing...:
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sound out"):
roll (pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/)
explode (cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/)
flap (pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds)
sibilate (pronounce with an initial sibilant)
trill (pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme 'r')
click (produce a click)
vocalise; vocalize; vowelise; vowelize (pronounce as a vowel)
accent; accentuate; stress (put stress on; utter with an accent)
lisp (speak with a lisp)
labialise; labialize; round (pronounce with rounded lips)
drawl (lengthen and slow down or draw out)
syllabise; syllabize (utter with distinct articulation of each syllable)
subvocalise; subvocalize (articulate without making audible sounds)
retroflex (articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate)
sound; vocalise; vocalize; voice (utter with vibrating vocal chords)
aspirate (pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds)
mispronounce; misspeak (pronounce a word incorrectly)
nasalise; nasalize (speak nasally or through the nose)
nasalise; nasalize (pronounce with a lowered velum)
palatalise; palatalize (pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate)
lilt (articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way)
raise (pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth)
devoice (utter with tense vocal chords)
twang (pronounce with a nasal twang)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
