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Noun: sound sawnd- The particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
"the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music" - The subjective sensation of hearing something
"he strained to hear the faint sounds" - auditory sensation - 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" - The audible part of a transmitted signal
- audio - (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
- phone, speech sound - A narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
- strait - A large ocean inlet or deep bay
"the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast" Verb: sound sawnd- Appear in a certain way
"This sounds interesting" - Make a certain noise or sound
- go - Give off a certain sound or sounds
"This record sounds scratchy" - Announce by means of a sound
"sound the alarm" - Utter with vibrating vocal chords
- voice, vocalize, vocalise [Brit] - Cause to sound
"sound the bell"; "sound a certain note" - Measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
- fathom Adjective: sound (sounder,soundest) sawnd- Financially secure and safe
"sound investments"; "a sound economy" - Exercising or showing good judgment
"a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision" - healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed - In good condition; free from defect or damage or decay
"a sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation" - In excellent physical condition
"a sound mind in a sound body" - good - Logically valid
"a sound argument" - reasoned, well-grounded - Having legal efficacy or force
"a sound title to the property" - legal, effectual - Free from moral defect
"a man of sound character" - (of sleep) deep and complete
"a sound sleeper" - heavy, profound, wakeless - Thorough
"a sound thrashing"
Derived forms: sounds, sounded, sounder, soundest, sounding See also: complete, deep, dependable, fit, good, healthy, reasonable, righteous, safe, secure, sensible, solid, sonant, sound off, sounder, sounding, soundly, soundness, stable, strong, substantial, unbroken, undamaged, uninjured, valid, wholesome Type of: aesthesis, announce, appear, articulate, auditory communication, body of water, cause to be perceived, channel, denote, enounce, enunciate, esthesis [US], happening, language unit, linguistic unit, look, measure, mechanical phenomenon, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, pronounce, quantify, say, seem, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression, sound out, sound property, water Antonym: silence, unsound Part of: telecasting, television, TV, utterance, video, vocalization Encyclopedia: Sound Sound, Cheshire |