"resound" Definition

Definitions for the word "resound" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. i.
To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. i.
To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. i.
To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To be mentioned much and loudly.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. i.
To echo or reverberate; to be resonant; as, the earth resounded with his praise.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo; to reverberate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To praise or celebrate with the voice, or the sound of instruments; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame of.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
Return of sound; echo.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v.
1 (often foll. By with) (of a place) ring or echo. 2 (of a voice, instrument, sound, etc.) Produce echoes; go on sounding; fill a place with sound. 3 a (of a reputation etc.) Be much talked of. B (foll. By through) produce a sensation. 4 (of a place) re-echo (a sound). [latin: related to *sound1]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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