noise

noise
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ deafening, loud
▪ awful, horrible, terrible
▪ faint, low, slight, small
▪

The slightest noise will wake him.

▪ sudden
▪ funny, strange
▪ background
▪

There was constant background noise from the road.

▪ constant, incessant
▪ banging, buzzing, clicking, hissing, etc.
▪ muffled
▪ aircraft, engine, traffic
▪ ambient, white
▪ rude (esp. BrE)
▪

One of the children made a rude noise.

VERB + NOISE
▪ create, emit, generate, let out, make, produce
▪

the noise created by aircraft

▪

She was making a lot of noise.

▪ hear, listen to
▪

We could hear funny little sucking noises.

▪ block out, drown out, reduce
▪

Wood is used to deaden the noise.

▪ complain about
NOISE + VERB
▪ come from sth
▪

There were strange noises coming from the kitchen.

▪ become louder, get louder, grow louder, increase
▪ die away, die down, fade, fade away
▪

The deafening noise of the machine died away to a rumble.

NOISE + NOUN
▪ level
▪ pollution
▪ reduction
PREPOSITION
▪ above the noise, over the noise
▪

We had to shout over the noise of the traffic.

▪ noise from
▪

the noise from the engine room


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