English dictionary
sound
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- complete; thorough
adjective
- (of sleep) deep and complete
adjective
- in excellent physical condition
adjective
- exercising or showing good judgment
adjective
- free from moral defect
adjective
- financially secure and safe
adjective
- in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay
adjective
- vigorous or severe
adjective
- having legal efficacy or force
adjective
- logically valid
noun
- the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
noun
- the subjective sensation of hearing something
noun
- the audible part of a transmitted signal
noun
- (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
noun
- the sudden occurrence of an audible event
noun
- a large ocean inlet or deep bay
noun
- a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
noun
- mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
verb
- measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
verb
- utter with vibrating vocal chords
verb
- appear in a certain way
verb
- give off a certain sound or sounds
verb
- make a certain noise or sound
verb
- cause to sound
verb
- announce by means of a sound
Example sentences
politicians have no sound grasp of technology issues
he has a sound understanding of the law
a heavy sleep
fell into a profound sleep
a sound sleeper
deep wakeless sleep
good teeth
I still have one good leg
a sound mind in a sound body
healthy scepticism
a healthy fear of rattlesnakes
the healthy attitude of French laws
healthy relations between labor and management
an intelligent solution
a man of sound character
sound investments
a sound economy
a sound timber
the wall is sound
a sound foundation
a sound thrashing
a sound title to the property
a sound argument
the sound of rain on the roof
the beautiful sound of music
he strained to hear the faint sounds
they always raise the audio for commercials
the sound awakened them
the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast
falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them
This sounds interesting
This record sounds scratchy
She went ‘Mmmmm’
The gun went ‘bang’
sound the bell
sound a certain note
sound the alarm