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    SOUND OUT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Try to learn someone's opinions and intentionsplay

    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 wayplay

    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

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