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звуча́ть — meaning in English

zvuchat

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English meaning

  • clink noun A short, sharp ringing sound, as of glass or metal striking together.
  • go off phrasal verb To speak or act with sudden intense energy — either ranting angrily or performing brilliantly. Which one is meant depends entirely on tone.
  • realize verb To become fully aware of a fact or situation, especially one that was true all along.
  • resound verb To fill a space with sound, or to echo loudly.
  • ring noun A small circular band, often worn on a finger as jewelry.
  • sound noun A sensation perceived by the ear, caused by vibrations traveling through air or another medium.

Senses

звуча́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • clink (ambitransitive) To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.
  • go off (intransitive) To begin clanging or making noise.
  • realize (linguistics) To turn (an abstract linguistic object, especially a phoneme) into a speech sound actually used in a language.
  • resound To praise or spread the fame of (someone or something) with the voice or the sound of musical instruments; to celebrate, to extol; also, to declare (someone) to be a certain thing.
  • ring (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
  • sound (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
  • sound (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.

clink — full definition

  1. noun A short, sharp ringing sound, as of glass or metal striking together.
  2. verb To make or cause a short ringing sound by striking metal or glass together.
  3. noun Informal term for prison.

go off — full definition

  1. phrasal verb To speak or act with sudden intense energy — either ranting angrily or performing brilliantly. Which one is meant depends entirely on tone.
  2. phrasal verb Of a bomb, gun or firework, to explode or be fired; of an alarm or alert, to start sounding.
  3. phrasal verb Of food or drink, to become unfit to eat through spoiling.

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