SOUND OUT as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • try to learn someone’’s opinions and intentions
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • I have to sound out the new professor
    Hypernyms(s) sound out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • She pronounces French words in a funny way
    • I cannot say `zip wire”
    • Can the child sound out this complicated word?
    Hyponym(s) Derived(s) Entail(s)