'Sound' definitions:
Definition of 'sound'
From: WordNet
adjective
Financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy" [ant: unsound]
adjective
Exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision" [syn: healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, sound]
adjective
In good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; "a sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation" [ant: unsound]
adjective
In excellent physical condition; "good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body" [syn: good, sound]
adjective
Logically valid; "a sound argument" [syn: reasoned, sound, well-grounded]
adjective
adjective
Free from moral defect; "a man of sound character"
adjective
(of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep" [syn: heavy, profound, sound, wakeless]
adjective
Thorough; "a sound thrashing"
noun
The particular auditory effect produced by a given cause; "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music" [ant: quiet, silence]
noun
The subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds" [syn: sound, auditory sensation]
noun
Mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium; "falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them"
noun
The sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
noun
The audible part of a transmitted signal; "they always raise the audio for commercials" [syn: audio, sound]
noun
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language [syn: phone, speech sound, sound]
noun
A narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water [syn: strait, sound]
noun
A large ocean inlet or deep bay; "the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast"
verb
Appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting"
verb
Make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" [syn: sound, go]
verb
Give off a certain sound or sounds; "This record sounds scratchy"
verb
Announce by means of a sound; "sound the alarm"
verb
verb
Cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"
verb
Measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line [syn: fathom, sound]
Definition of 'Sound'
From: GCIDE
- Sound \Sound\, n. [AS. sund a narrow sea or strait; akin to Icel., Sw., Dan. & G. sund, probably so named because it could be swum across. See Swim.] (Geog.) A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound. [1913 Webster]
- The Sound of Denmark, where ships pay toll. --Camden. [1913 Webster]
- Sound dues, tolls formerly imposed by Denmark on vessels passing through the Baltic Sound. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sound'
From: GCIDE
- Sound \Sound\, n. [AS. sund a swimming, akin to E. swim. See Swim.] The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sound'
From: GCIDE
- Sound \Sound\, n. (Zool.) A cuttlefish. [Obs.] --Ainsworth. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sound'
From: GCIDE
- Sound \Sound\, a. [Compar. Sounder; superl. Soundest.] [OE. sound, AS. sund; akin to D. gezond, G. gesund, OHG. gisunt, Dan. & Sw. sund, and perhaps to L. sanus. Cf. Sane.]
- 1. Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; -- said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Firm; strong; safe. [1913 Webster]
- The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams, And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound thinker. [1913 Webster]
- Do not I know you a favorer Of this new seat? Ye are nor sound. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Founded in truth or right; supported by justice; not to be overthrown on refuted; not fallacious; as, sound argument or reasoning; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles. [1913 Webster]
- Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me. --2 Tim. i. 13. [1913 Webster]
- 6. heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep. [1913 Webster]
- 8. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Sound is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sound-headed, sound-hearted, sound-timbered, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Sound currency (Com.), a currency whose actual value is the same as its nominal value; a currency which does not deteriorate or depreciate or fluctuate in comparision with the standard of values. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sound'
From: GCIDE
- Sound \Sound\, adv. Soundly. [1913 Webster]
- So sound he slept that naught might him awake. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sound'
From: GCIDE
- Sound \Sound\, v. i. [OE. sounen, sownen, OF. soner, suner, F. sonner, from L. sonare. See Sound a noise.]
- 1. To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible effect. "And first taught speaking trumpets how to sound." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound. [1913 Webster]
- From you sounded out the word of the Lord. --1 Thess. i. 8. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention. [1913 Webster]
- Good sir, why do you start, and seem to fear Things that do sound so fair? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To sound in or To sound into, to tend to; to partake of the nature of; to be consonant with. [Obs., except in the phrase To sound in damages, below.] [1913 Webster]
- Soun[d]ing in moral virtue was his speech. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- To sound in damages (Law), to have the essential quality of damages. This is said of an action brought, not for the recovery of a specific thing, as replevin, etc., but for damages only, as trespass, and the like. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sound'
From: GCIDE
- Sound \Sound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Sounding.] [F. sonder; cf. AS. sundgyrd a sounding rod, sundline a sounding line (see Sound a narrow passage of water).]
- 1. To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe. [1913 Webster]
- I was in jest, And by that offer meant to sound your breast. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- I've sounded my Numidians man by man. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Med.) To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sound'
From: GCIDE
- Sound \Sound\, v. i. To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device. [1913 Webster]
- I sound as a shipman soundeth in the sea with his plummet to know the depth of sea. --Palsgrave. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sound'
From: GCIDE
- Sound \Sound\, n. [F. sonde. See Sound to fathom.] (Med.) Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sound'
From: GCIDE
- Sound \Sound\, n. [OE. soun, OF. son, sun, F. son, fr. L. sonus akin to Skr. svana sound, svan to sound, and perh. to E. swan. Cf. Assonant, Consonant, Person, Sonata, Sonnet, Sonorous, Swan.]
- 1. The peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration of a material substance affecting the ear; a sensation or perception of the mind received through the ear, and produced by the impulse or vibration of the air or other medium with which the ear is in contact; the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing by an impulse or vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies, or by other means; noise; report; as, the sound of a drum; the sound of the human voice; a horrid sound; a charming sound; a sharp, high, or shrill sound. [1913 Webster]
- The warlike sound Of trumpets loud and clarions. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The occasion of sound; the impulse or vibration which would occasion sound to a percipient if present with unimpaired; hence, the theory of vibrations in elastic media such cause sound; as, a treatise on sound. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In this sense, sounds are spoken of as audible and inaudible. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else. [1913 Webster]
- Sense and not sound . . . must be the principle. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- Sound boarding, boards for holding pugging, placed in partitions of under floors in order to deaden sounds.
- Sound bow, in a series of transverse sections of a bell, that segment against which the clapper strikes, being the part which is most efficacious in producing the sound. See Illust. of Bell.
- Sound post. (Mus.) See Sounding post, under Sounding. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sound'
From: GCIDE
- Sound \Sound\, v. t.
- 1. To cause to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn; to sound an alarm. [1913 Webster]
- A bagpipe well could he play and soun[d]. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or sounds; to give a signal for by a certain sound; as, to sound a retreat; to sound a parley. [1913 Webster]
- The clock sounded the hour of noon. --G. H. Lewes. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported; to publish or proclaim; as, to sound the praises of fame of a great man or a great exploit. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the same to emit sounds and noting their character; as, to sound a piece of timber; to sound a vase; to sound the lungs of a patient. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To signify; to import; to denote. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Soun[d]ing alway the increase of his winning. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sound'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- able to pay,
- accepted,
- adamantine,
- admissible,
- advantageous,
- advertise,
- all there,
- announce,
- annunciate,
- appear,
- appear like,
- appraise,
- appreciate,
- approved,
- arm,
- armlet,
- articulate,
- aspect,
- assay,
- assess,
- astute,
- auditory range,
- auspicious,
- authentic,
- authoritative,
- bagpipe,
- balanced,
- barometer,
- bay,
- bayou,
- be reflected,
- be sent back,
- beep,
- bell,
- belt,
- beneficial,
- benevolent,
- bight,
- binding,
- bitch,
- blare,
- blast,
- blat,
- blooming,
- blow,
- blow a horn,
- blow the horn,
- bluster,
- boca,
- bon,
- bonny,
- boom,
- bounce back,
- braw,
- bray,
- breathe,
- broadcast,
- bueno,
- bugle,
- bulky,
- bunkum,
- cacophony,
- calculable,
- calculate,
- calibrate,
- caliper,
- canonical,
- canvass,
- capital,
- carillon,
- carrying distance,
- cast the lead,
- characteristic,
- check a parameter,
- check out,
- chime,
- chink,
- chorus,
- Christian,
- clang,
- clangor,
- clank,
- clarion,
- clearheaded,
- clearminded,
- clink,
- cogent,
- come out with,
- commendable,
- commonsense,
- communicate,
- complain,
- complete,
- compos mentis,
- compute,
- conservative,
- consistent,
- conventional,
- convey,
- cool,
- coolheaded,
- correct,
- cove,
- credible,
- creek,
- cry out,
- customary,
- deep,
- deliver,
- delve into,
- dense,
- dependable,
- dial,
- dig into,
- din,
- ding,
- dingdong,
- disclose,
- disseminate,
- dive,
- divide,
- dong,
- doodle,
- double-tongue,
- down-to-earth,
- drop,
- durable,
- earreach,
- earshot,
- earthy,
- echo,
- echo back,
- effect,
- elegant,
- emit,
- emit a sound,
- enduring,
- entire,
- enunciate,
- estimable,
- estimate,
- estuary,
- euripus,
- evaluate,
- evangelical,
- examine,
- excellent,
- expedient,
- explore,
- express,
- fail-safe,
- fair,
- faithful,
- faithworthy,
- fall,
- famous,
- fast,
- fathom,
- favorable,
- feel,
- feel out,
- feeler,
- fiducial,
- fife,
- fine,
- fiord,
- firm,
- firm as Gibraltar,
- firth,
- fit,
- fjord,
- fling off,
- flute,
- fly a kite,
- formulate,
- frith,
- full,
- gauge,
- give,
- give expression,
- give out with,
- give tongue,
- give utterance,
- give voice,
- go into,
- gong,
- good,
- good for,
- goodly,
- graduate,
- grand,
- grumble,
- guaranteed,
- gulf,
- gut,
- hale,
- hale and hearty,
- harbor,
- hard,
- hardheaded,
- harmless,
- healthy,
- healthy-minded,
- hearing,
- heavy,
- helpful,
- honk,
- impart,
- imperturbable,
- impression,
- in equilibrium,
- in good condition,
- in good shape,
- indagate,
- infrangible,
- inlet,
- inquire of,
- intact,
- integral,
- investigate,
- invincible,
- invulnerable,
- jangle,
- jingle,
- jinglejangle,
- judicious,
- just,
- justifiable,
- kind,
- knell,
- kyle,
- lasting,
- laudable,
- lawful,
- legal,
- legitimate,
- let out,
- levelheaded,
- lip,
- literal,
- loch,
- logical,
- look,
- look into,
- look like,
- lucid,
- made of iron,
- make a noise,
- make a sound,
- make a sounding,
- massive,
- matter-of-fact,
- measure,
- mensurate,
- mentally sound,
- mete,
- meter,
- mouth,
- narrow,
- narrow seas,
- narrows,
- natural harbor,
- nice,
- noble,
- noise,
- normal,
- nose-dive,
- of sound mind,
- of the faith,
- orthodox,
- orthodoxical,
- out with,
- pace,
- parachute,
- peaceful,
- peal,
- peer into,
- perceptive,
- percipient,
- perfect,
- perspicacious,
- philosophical,
- phonate,
- phrase,
- pilot balloon,
- pipe,
- pitch,
- plausible,
- pleasant,
- plop,
- plumb,
- plumb the depths,
- plumb-line,
- plummet,
- plump,
- plunge,
- plunk,
- poke into,
- politic,
- poll,
- positivistic,
- pounce,
- pounce on,
- pounce upon,
- pour forth,
- practical,
- practical-minded,
- pragmatic,
- predictable,
- present,
- prize,
- probe,
- proclaim,
- profitable,
- promulgate,
- pronounce,
- proper,
- prudent,
- pry into,
- publish,
- put forth,
- put in words,
- quality,
- quantify,
- quantize,
- question,
- raise,
- random sample,
- range,
- rate,
- rational,
- reach,
- read,
- realist,
- realistic,
- reasonable,
- reasoning,
- rebound,
- received,
- reecho,
- regal,
- reliable,
- report,
- resemble,
- resonance,
- resonate,
- resound,
- responsible,
- return,
- reverberate,
- reverberation,
- right,
- right-minded,
- rigid,
- ring,
- ring changes,
- riskless,
- road,
- roads,
- roadstead,
- robust,
- roll,
- rosy,
- royal,
- ruddy,
- rugged,
- rumble,
- safe,
- sample,
- sane,
- sane-minded,
- say,
- scientific,
- scientistic,
- scriptural,
- search into,
- secular,
- secure,
- seem,
- seem like,
- seem to be,
- self-consistent,
- send back,
- sensible,
- set forth,
- shout out,
- shriek,
- sift,
- signal,
- size,
- size up,
- skillful,
- skin-dive,
- sky-dive,
- sling the lead,
- sober,
- sober-minded,
- solid,
- solvent,
- sonance,
- sound a knell,
- sound a tattoo,
- sound like,
- sound out,
- sound taps,
- sound-minded,
- sound-thinking,
- sounder,
- span,
- speak,
- splendid,
- squeal,
- stable,
- standard,
- staunch,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- step,
- stoop,
- stout,
- straight-thinking,
- strait,
- straits,
- straw vote,
- strong,
- sturdy,
- submerge,
- substantial,
- sufficient,
- sure,
- surefire,
- survey,
- swoop,
- swoop down,
- take a header,
- take a reading,
- take soundings,
- tell,
- test,
- textual,
- throw off,
- ting,
- tingle,
- tink,
- tinkle,
- tintinnabulate,
- together,
- toll,
- tone,
- tongue,
- toot,
- tootle,
- total,
- tough,
- traditional,
- traditionalistic,
- trial balloon,
- triangulate,
- triple-tongue,
- true,
- true-blue,
- trumpet,
- trustworthy,
- trusty,
- tweedle,
- unbreakable,
- unbroken,
- undamaged,
- undangerous,
- undisturbed,
- unfailing,
- unflappable,
- unflinching,
- unhazardous,
- unideal,
- unidealistic,
- unimpaired,
- unindebted,
- uninjured,
- uninterrupted,
- unmarred,
- unperilous,
- unprecarious,
- unqualified,
- unrisky,
- unromantic,
- unscathed,
- unsentimental,
- unshakable,
- untroubled,
- unwavering,
- unyielding,
- useful,
- utter,
- valid,
- valuate,
- value,
- verbalize,
- very good,
- vibration,
- vigorous,
- virtuous,
- vituperate,
- vocalize,
- voice,
- warranteed,
- weather vane,
- weathercock,
- weigh,
- weighty,
- well,
- well-argued,
- well-balanced,
- well-built,
- well-constructed,
- well-founded,
- well-grounded,
- well-made,
- whisper,
- whistle,
- whole,
- wholesome,
- wind,
- wind the horn,
- wise,
- without nerves,
- word,
- yell out
Words containing 'Sound'
- Down the sound,
- In soundings,
- Sounded,
- Sounding,
- Soundly,
- Soundness,
- To sound in,
- To sound into,
- sound off,
- sound out,
- sounding out,
- As sound as a roach,
- Feather Sound,
- Fish sound,
- Hobe Sound,
- Sound Beach,
- Sound boarding,
- Sound bow,
- Sound currency,
- Sound dues,
- Sound post,
- Sounding balloon,
- Sounding lead,
- Sounding line,
- Sounding post,
- Sounding rod,
- Sympathetic sounds,
- Third sound,
- To sound in damages,
- To sound the charge,
- echo sounding,
- high sounding,
- mental soundness,
- of sound mind,
- puget sound,
- safe and sound,
- sound alphabet,
- sound asleep,
- sound barrier,
- sound bite,
- sound camera,
- sound effect,
- sound film,
- sound hole,
- sound judgement,
- sound judgment,
- sound law,
- sound like,
- sound perception,
- sound pollution,
- sound pressure,
- sound projection,
- sound property,
- sound ranging,
- sound recording,
- sound reflection,
- sound reproduction,
- sound shifting,
- sound spectrograph,
- sound spectrum,
- sound structure,
- sound system,
- sound track,
- sound truck,
- sound unit,
- sound wave,
- sounding board,
- sounding rocket,
- speech sound,
- speed of sound,
- voiced sound,
- vowel sound,
- Cogged breath sound,
- Feather Sound, FL,
- High-sounding,
- Hobe Sound, FL,
- Re-sound,
- Sound Beach, NY,
- Sound-board,
- Sounding-board,
- instantaneous sound pressure,
- long island sound,
- make vibrant sounds,
- plosive speech sound,
- queen charlotte sound,
- sound pressure level,
- Concrete sound or movement of the voice,
- high fidelity sound system