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Common
adj
•
Healthy
.
•
Complete
,
solid
, or
secure
.
•
In Logic & Mathematics:
Having
the
property
of
soundness
.
•
In British English:
Good;
acceptable
;
decent
.
•
Quiet
and
deep
.
•
Heavy
;
laid
on with
force
.
•
Founded
in
law
;
legal
;
valid
; not
defective
.
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
.
•
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
.
•
Dive
downwards
, used of a
whale
.
•
To
ascertain
, or
try
to
ascertain
, the
thoughts
,
motives
, and
purposes
of (a person); to
examine
; to
try
; to
test
; to
probe
.
•
Test
;
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
.
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 Geography:
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
.
•
A
cuttlefish
.
•
A
long
,
thin
probe
for
sounding
or
dilating
body cavities
or
canals
such as the
urethra
; a
sonde
.
adv
•
Soundly
.
intj
•
In British English:
Yes
; used to
show
agreement
or
understanding
,
generally
without much
enthusiasm
.
name
•
The
strait
that
separates
Zealand
(an
island
of
Denmark
) from
Scania
(part of
Sweden
); also sometimes called by the
Danish
name
,
Øresund
.
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Similar
noise
resonate
channel
soune
sownd
echo
sowne
reecho
sensible
beep
healthy
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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Opposite
unsound
stillness
silence
quiet
weak
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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Lineage
sound
English
sound
Middle English (1100-1500)
sounden
Middle English (1100-1500)
sonder
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
sund
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
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