sound

/saʊnd/

adjective

  1. 1

    Healthy.

    He was safe and sound.
  2. 2

    Complete, solid, or secure.

    Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.
  3. 3

    Having the property of soundness.

  4. 4

    Good; acceptable; decent.

    "How are you?" - "I'm sound."
  5. 5

    (of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.

    Her sleep was sound.
  6. 6

    Heavy; laid on with force.

    a sound beating
  7. 7

    Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.

    a sound title to land

adverb

  1. 1

    Soundly.

interjection

  1. 1

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

noun

  1. 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. 2

    A vibration capable of causing such sensations.

  3. 3

    A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc

  4. 4

    Noise without meaning; empty noise.

  5. 5

    Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.

    Stay within the sound of my voice.

verb

  1. 1

    To produce a sound.

    When the horn sounds, take cover.
  2. 2

    To convey an impression by one's sound.

    He sounded good when we last spoke.
  3. 3

    To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.

  4. 4

    To resound.

  5. 5

    (often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law.

  6. 6

    To cause to produce a sound.

    He sounds the instrument.
  7. 7

    (of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.

    The "e" in "house" isn't sounded.

noun

  1. 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. 2

    The air bladder of a fish.

    Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
  3. 3

    A cuttlefish.

noun

  1. 1

    An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.

noun

  1. 1

    A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.

verb

  1. 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. 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. 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. 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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