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Sound

noun
1.
The particular auditory effect produced by a given cause.  "The beautiful sound of music"
2.
The subjective sensation of hearing something.  Synonym: auditory sensation.
3.
Mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium.
4.
The sudden occurrence of an audible event.
5.
The audible part of a transmitted signal.  Synonym: audio.
6.
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language.  Synonyms: phone, speech sound.
7.
A narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water.  Synonym: strait.
8.
A large ocean inlet or deep bay.
verb
(past & past part. sounded; pres. part. sounding)
1.
Appear in a certain way.
2.
Make a certain noise or sound.  Synonym: go.  "The gun went 'bang'"
3.
Give off a certain sound or sounds.
4.
Announce by means of a sound.
5.
Utter with vibrating vocal chords.  Synonyms: vocalise, vocalize, voice.
6.
Cause to sound.  "Sound a certain note"
7.
Measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line.  Synonym: fathom.
adjective
(compar. sounder; superl. soundest)
1.
Financially secure and safe.  "A sound economy"
2.
Exercising or showing good judgment.  Synonyms: healthy, intelligent, level-headed, levelheaded.  "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"
3.
In good condition; free from defect or damage or decay.  "The wall is sound" , "A sound foundation"
4.
In excellent physical condition.  Synonym: good.  "I still have one good leg" , "A sound mind in a sound body"
5.
Logically valid.  Synonyms: reasoned, well-grounded.
6.
Having legal efficacy or force.  Synonyms: effectual, legal.
7.
Free from moral defect.
8.
(of sleep) deep and complete.  Synonyms: heavy, profound, wakeless.  "Fell into a profound sleep" , "A sound sleeper" , "Deep wakeless sleep"
9.
Thorough.



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"Sound" Quotes from Famous Books



... good to lie down between the cool sheets again, and very soon Teddy's eyelids began to blink heavily, and he was already drifting off into that blissful feeling that comes just as one is going to sleep, when he became dimly conscious of a faint sound ...
— The Counterpane Fairy • Katharine Pyle
... to-night have been so dastardly and so ill-bred as to make it impossible for me ever to live under the same roof with you again." Harry started and his lips parted as if to speak, but he made no sound. "You have disgraced your blood and violated every law of hospitality. Mr. Willits should have been as safe here as you would have been under his father's roof. If he misbehaved himself you could have ordered his carriage and settled the affair next day, ...
— Kennedy Square • F. Hopkinson Smith
... in England at the time the bubble broke forth about Nootka Sound: and the day after the King's Message, as it is called, was sent to Parliament, I wrote a note to Mr. Burke, that upon the condition the French Revolution should not be a subject (for he was then writing the book I have since answered) ...
— The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Complete - With Index to Volumes I - IV • Thomas Paine
... consoled her under the same circumstances; but it was a wild, defiant kind of grief, which she thought had better exhaust itself, so she lay quite still until towards dawn, when it ceased, and the sound of low regular breathing, assured her that she had fallen asleep. She rose up gently, wrapped her wadded gown about her, lowered the blinds, and closed the shutters, that the light might not disturb Helen; then laid an additional ...
— May Brooke • Anna H. Dorsey
... The sound echoed in the silent street, appallingly to one who knew what Addington streets were and what proprieties lined them. Then the door did open. Jeffrey fancied the smooth-faced maid had slipped the bolt. Esther, from what he knew of her, was not by to face the music. He heard ...
— The Prisoner • Alice Brown


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