Sound

noun

saʊnd

Adjective

exercising or showing good judgment
“a sound approach to the problem”
“sound advice”
“no sound explanation for his decision”
Similar:Healthy IntelligentLevel-headedLevelheaded
logically valid
“a sound argument”
Similar:ReasonedWell-grounded
having legal efficacy or force
“a sound title to the property”
Similar:EffectualLegal
in excellent physical condition
“a sound mind in a sound body”
Similar:Good
(of sleep) deep and complete
“a sound sleeper”
Similar:Heavy ProfoundWakeless
financially secure and safe
“sound investments”
“a sound economy”
See also:UninjuredWholesomeHealthy
complete; thorough
“politicians have no sound grasp of technology issues”
“he has a sound understanding of the law”
in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay
“a sound timber”
“the wall is sound”
“a sound foundation”
free from moral defect
“a man of sound character”
vigorous or severe
“a sound thrashing”

the subjective sensation of hearing something
“he strained to hear the faint sounds”
Type of:AesthesisEsthesisSensation
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
“the sound of rain on the roof”
“the beautiful sound of music”
a large ocean inlet or deep bay
“the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast”
Type of:Water
mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
“falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them”
the sudden occurrence of an audible event
“the sound awakened them”
Type of:HappeningOccurrenceOccurrent
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
Similar:Phone
the audible part of a transmitted signal
Similar:Audio
a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
Similar:Strait
Type of:Channel

cause to sound
“sound the bell”
“sound a certain note”
announce by means of a sound
“sound the alarm”
Type of:DenoteAnnounce
appear in a certain way
“This sounds interesting”
Type of:LookAppearSeem
measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
Similar:Fathom
Type of:MeasureQuantify
make a certain noise or sound
Similar:Go
utter with vibrating vocal chords
Similar:VocaliseVocalizeVoice
Type of:PronounceEnunciateEnounce
give off a certain sound or sounds
“This record sounds scratchy”