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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



... toilers, and the sound of hatchets and the crash of falling trees, were heard in the neighbourhood of the Hot Swamp, while the prince and his friend examined the localities around in the immediate ...
— The Hot Swamp • R.M. Ballantyne
... memories of what radiant hours At sight of thee and thine at once awake! How many scenes of what departed bliss, 5 How many thoughts of what entombed hopes, How many visions of a maiden that is No more—no more upon thy verdant slopes! No more! alas, that magical sad sound Transforming all! Thy charms shall please no more, 10 Thy memory no more. Accursed ground! Henceforth I hold thy flower-enamelled shore, O hyacinthine isle! O purple Zante! "Isola d'oro! Fior ...
— Selections From Poe • J. Montgomery Gambrill
... immediately turned Blindi Bobi on his face and firmly raised his feet so that the naked soles were turned upwards. The other negro applied one of the rods thereto with all his might. For a few seconds the poor sufferer uttered no sound, but at last he gave vent to an irresistible yell. At a sign from the chief sbirro the punishment was stopped, and Bobi was released ...
— The Pirate City - An Algerine Tale • R.M. Ballantyne
... spoke we heard a rifle crack; and then, after a pause, a second report. We went forward cautiously across a bridge that spanned an arm of the canal, and past a double line of houses, with broken windows, from which no sign or sound of life came. Suddenly at a turn three German privates of a lancer regiment faced us. They were burdened with bottles of beer, and one carried his lance, which he flung playfully in our path. He had been drinking and was jovially exhilarated. As soon as he saw the small silk American ...
— Paths of Glory - Impressions of War Written At and Near the Front • Irvin S. Cobb
... who had been thoughtfully assisting in the packing, joined the group of men, and as they rubbed their chins he spoke up, blushing at the sound of his own voice: "Aunt have got a great fuel-house, and it could be put there, perhaps, till you've found a place to ...
— Jude the Obscure • Thomas Hardy


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