sound

/sˈaʊnd/

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Adjective
financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy"
Adjective
in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; "a sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation"
Adjective Satellite
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"
Adjective Satellite
in excellent physical condition; "good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body"
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logically valid; "a sound argument"
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having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the property"
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free from moral defect; "a man of sound character"
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(of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
Adjective Satellite
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"
Noun
the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds"
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"
Noun
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
Noun
a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
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''"
Verb
give off a certain sound or sounds; "This record sounds scratchy"
Verb
announce by means of a sound; "sound the alarm"
Verb
utter with vibrating vocal chords
Verb
cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"
Verb
measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
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