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Meaning
Adj
●
In Sleep:
Healthy.
●
Complete,
solid
, or secure.
●
In Logic & Mathematics:
Having the
property
of soundness.
●
In British English & Irish English:
Good;
acceptable
; decent.
●
Quiet and deep.
●
Heavy;
laid
on with force.
●
Founded in law;
legal
;
valid
; not defective.
Adv
●
Soundly.
Intj
●
In British English & Irish English:
Yes; used to show
agreement
or understanding,
generally
without much enthusiasm.
Noun
●
A
sensation
perceived
by the
ear
caused
by the
vibration
of
air
or some other medium.
●
A
vibration
capable
of
causing
such sensations.
●
In Music:
A
distinctive
style
and
sonority
of a particular
musician
,
orchestra
etc.
●
Noise without
meaning
;
empty
noise
.
●
Earshot,
distance
within which a certain
noise
may be heard.
●
In Phonetics:
A
segment
as a part of spoken language, the
smallest
unit
of spoken language, a
speech
sound.
●
In Geography & Landforms:
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.
●
The
air bladder
of a fish.
●
In Medicine:
A long,
thin
probe
for
sounding
or
dilating
body cavities
or
canals
such as the
urethra
; a sonde.
Verb
●
To
produce
a sound.
●
To
convey
an
impression
by
one's
sound.
●
To be
conveyed
in
sound
; to be
spread
or
published
; to
convey
intelligence
by
sound
.
●
In Sound:
To resound.
●
In Law:
To
arise
or to be
recognizable
as
arising
in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular
kind of
legal
remedy.
●
To cause to
produce
a sound.
●
In Phonetics:
To pronounce.
●
Of a
whale
, to
dive
downwards.
●
To
ascertain
, or to
try
to
ascertain
, the
thoughts
,
motives
, and
purposes
of (a person); to
examine
; to
try
; to test; to probe.
●
To
fathom
or test; to
ascertain
the
depth
of water with a
sounding line
or other device.
●
In Medicine:
To
examine
with the
instrument
called a
sound
or
sonde
, or by
auscultation
or percussion.
Name
●
The
strait
that
separates
Zealand (an
island
of Denmark) from Scania (part of Sweden); also sometimes called by the Danish
name
, Øresund.
●
Synonym of Plymouth Sound, Devon, England.
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Wiktionary
Origin
sound
English
sound
Middle English (1100-1500)
sounden
Middle English (1100-1500)
sonder
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
sund
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Sownd
Noise
Sound
Echo
Reecho
Resonate
Channel
Sensible
Beep
Healthy
Antonyms
Quiet
Silence
Stillness
Unsound
Weak
Related
Feel
Audio
Tone
Voice
Music
Vibration
Melody
Noises
Taste
Light
Rhythm
Acoustic
Seem
Timbre
Microphone
Smell
Hum
Signal
Sensation
Pitch
Vibrations
Ringing
Beat
Reasonable
Roar
Look
Appear
Loudness
Audible
Speech
Screech
Bass
Motion
Act
Hear
Growl
Waves
Reliable
Hiss
Satisfactory
Good
Color
Adequate
Scene
Robust
Squeal
Acceptable
Sight
Strong
Comprehensive
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Rhymes
Pound
Round
Hound
Found
Wound
Mound
Sound
Gound
Bound
Ground
Blound
Gowned
Around
Stound
Abound
Nouned
Unwound
Astound
Browned
Unsound
Frowned
Rewound
Expound
Redound
Crowned
Aground
Remound
Impound
Drowned
Confound
Compound
Profound
Reground
Renowned
Surround
Baffound
Uncrowned
Overwound
Unconfound
Underground
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