sound
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb, interjection)
adjective
1. financially secure and safe
- sound investments
- a sound economy
Similar word(s): unbroken, undamaged, fit, healthy, uninjured, dependable, good, safe, secure, healthy, solid, stable, wholesome
2. exercising or showing good judgment
- a sound approach to the problem
- sound advice
- no sound explanation for his decision
Similar word(s): reasonable, sensible, healthy, intelligent, levelheaded
3. in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay
- a sound timber
- the wall is sound
- a sound foundation
Similar word(s): solid, strong, substantial
4. in excellent physical condition
- a sound mind in a sound body
Similar word(s): healthy, good
5. logically valid
- a sound argument
Similar word(s): valid, reasoned
6. having legal efficacy or force
- a sound title to the property
Similar word(s): valid, effectual, legal
7. vigorous or severe
- a sound thrashing
Similar word(s): strong
8. free from moral defect
- a man of sound character
Similar word(s): righteous
9. (of sleep) deep and complete
- a sound sleeper
Similar word(s): deep, heavy, profound, wakeless
10. complete; thorough
- politicians have no sound grasp of technology issues
- he has a sound understanding of the law
Similar word(s): complete
Sentences with sound as an adjective:
- He was safe and sound.
- In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work.
- Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.
- "How are you?" - "I'm sound."
- That's a sound track you're playing.
- Her sleep was sound.
- a sound beating
- a sound title to land
adverb
1. Soundly.
interjection
1. (Britain, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
- "I found my jacket." - "Sound."
noun
1. the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
- the sound of rain on the roof
- the beautiful sound of music
Definition categories: attribute
2. the subjective sensation of hearing something
- he strained to hear the faint sounds
Definition categories: thought, esthesis, sensation
3. mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
- falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them
Definition categories: phenomenon
4. the sudden occurrence of an audible event
- the sound awakened them
Definition categories: event, happening, occurrence, occurrent
5. the audible part of a transmitted signal
Similar word(s): audio
Definition categories: communication
6. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
Similar word(s): phone
Definition categories: communication
7. a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
Similar word(s): strait
Definition categories: object, channel
8. a large ocean inlet or deep bay
- the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast
Definition categories: object, water
Sentences with sound as a noun:
- He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him. Nobody made a sound.
- Puget Sound; Owen Sound
- Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
verb
1. appear in a certain way
- This sounds interesting
Definition categories: perception, appear, look, seem
2. make a certain noise or sound
Similar word(s): go
Definition categories: perception
3. give off a certain sound or sounds
- This record sounds scratchy
Definition categories: perception
4. announce by means of a sound
- sound the alarm
Definition categories: perception, announce, denote
5. utter with vibrating vocal chords
Similar word(s): vocalise, vocalize, voice
Definition categories: communication, articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say
6. cause to sound
- sound the bell
- sound a certain note
Definition categories: perception
7. measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
Similar word(s): fathom
Definition categories: change, measure, quantify
Sentences with sound as a verb:
- When the horn sounds, take cover.
- He sounded good when we last spoke.
- That story sounds like a pack of lies!
- He sounds the instrument.
- The "e" in "house" isn't sounded.
- The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.
- When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.
- Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.
- to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra