sound

/saʊnd/

adjective

1
Healthy.
“He was safe and sound.”
2
Complete, solid, or secure.
“Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.”
3
Having the property of soundness.
4
Good; acceptable; decent.
“"How are you?" - "I'm sound."”
5
(of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.
“Her sleep was sound.”
6
Heavy; laid on with force.
“a sound beating”
7
Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
“a sound title to land”

1
Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.

1
A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
“He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him. Nobody made a sound.”
2
A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
3
A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc
4
Noise without meaning; empty noise.
5
Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.
“Stay within the sound of my voice.”

1
To produce a sound.
“When the horn sounds, take cover.”
2
To convey an impression by one's sound.
“He sounded good when we last spoke.”
3
To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
4
To resound.
5
(often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law.
6
To cause to produce a sound.
“He sounds the instrument.”
7
(of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
“The "e" in "house" isn't sounded.”

1
A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
“Puget Sound; Owen Sound”
2
The air bladder of a fish.
“Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.”
3
A cuttlefish.

1
Dive downwards, used of a whale.
“The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.”
2
To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
“When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.”
3
Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
“Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.”
4
To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
“to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra”

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