foresound

noun

Etymology

From fore- + sound.

  1. derived from sonō
  2. derived from soner
  3. derived from suner
  4. inherited from sownden
  5. derived from *swenh₂-
  6. derived from sonus
  7. derived from son
  8. derived from sun
  9. inherited from sownde
  10. prefixed as foresound — “fore + sound

Definitions

  1. a sound made in advance

    • Then of a sudden, without any foresounds, the scratching began again.
    • In Great Britain, on the contrary, the fore-sound is perceptible to four, and the aftersound to three, out of every five observers; and these proportions are maintained roughly to considerable distances from the epicentre.
  2. to sound in advance

    • Of ash-heaps, in the which ye use Husbands and wives by streaks to chuse; Of crackling laurel, which foresounds A plenteous harvest to your grounds; […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for foresound. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA