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sound

adjective
  1. thorough
    “a sound thrashing”
    good
  2. (of sleep) deep and complete
    heavy
  3. in excellent physical condition
    good
  4. exercising or showing good judgment
    healthyintelligentlevelheadedlevel-headed
  5. free from moral defect
    “The student had a sound character.”
  6. financially secure and safe
    “sound investments”
  7. in good condition
  8. having legal efficacy or force
    “a sound title to the property”
    effectuallegal
  9. logically valid
    “a sound argument”
    reasonedwell-grounded
noun
  1. the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
    “the sound of rain on the roof”
  2. the subjective sensation of hearing something
    “We strained to hear the faint sound of the owl's flapping wings.”
  3. the audible part of a transmitted signal
    audio
  4. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
    phonespeech sound
  5. the sudden occurrence of an audible event
    “the sound awakened them”
  6. a large ocean inlet or deep bay
    “the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast”
  7. a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
    strait
  8. mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
    “falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them”
verb
  1. measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
    fathom
  2. utter with vibrating vocal chords
    voice
  3. appear in a certain way
    “This sounds interesting”
  4. give off a certain sound or sounds
    “This record sounds scratchy”
  5. make a certain noise or sound
    go
  6. cause to sound
    “sound the bell”
  7. announce by means of a sound
    “sound the alarm”