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Meaning of sound

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

sound

Pronunciation:/saʊnd//saʊnd/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Healthy.

    Example: He was safe and sound.

  2. Complete, solid, or secure.

    Example: Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.

  3. Having the property of soundness.

  4. Good; acceptable; decent.

    Example: "How are you?" - "I'm sound."

adverb

Definitions

  1. Soundly.

interjection

Definitions

  1. Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.

sound

Pronunciation:/saʊnd//saʊnd/

noun

Definitions

  1. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.

    Example: He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him.  Nobody made a sound.

  2. A vibration capable of causing such sensations.

  3. A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc

  4. Noise without meaning; empty noise.

verb

Definitions

  1. To produce a sound.

    Example: When the horn sounds, take cover.

  2. To convey an impression by one's sound.

    Example: He sounded good when we last spoke.

  3. To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.

  4. To resound.

sound

Pronunciation:/saʊnd//saʊnd/

noun

Definitions

  1. A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.

    Example: Puget Sound; Owen Sound

  2. The air bladder of a fish.

    Example: Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

  3. A cuttlefish.

sound

Pronunciation:/saʊnd//saʊnd/

noun

Definitions

  1. An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.

noun

Definitions

  1. A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.

verb

Definitions

  1. Dive downwards, used of a whale.

    Example: The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.

  2. To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.

    Example: When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.

  3. Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.

    Example: Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.

  4. To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.

    Example: to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra