Sound
[saʊnd]
Definition
(noun.) the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause; 'the sound of rain on the roof'; 'the beautiful sound of music'.
(noun.) the subjective sensation of hearing something; 'he strained to hear the faint sounds'.
(noun.) the sudden occurrence of an audible event; 'the sound awakened them'.
(noun.) a large ocean inlet or deep bay; 'the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast'.
(noun.) mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium; 'falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them'.
(verb.) appear in a certain way; 'This sounds interesting'.
(verb.) give off a certain sound or sounds; 'This record sounds scratchy'.
(verb.) make a certain noise or sound; 'She went `Mmmmm''; 'The gun went `bang''.
(verb.) cause to sound; 'sound the bell'; 'sound a certain note'.
(verb.) announce by means of a sound; 'sound the alarm'.
(adj.) thorough; 'a sound thrashing' .
(adj.) free from moral defect; 'a man of sound character' .
(adj.) financially secure and safe; 'sound investments'; 'a sound economy' .
(adj.) in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; 'a sound timber'; 'the wall is sound'; 'a sound foundation' .
Editor: Rudolf--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
(n.) A cuttlefish.
(superl.) Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship.
(superl.) Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; -- said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding.
(superl.) Firm; strong; safe.
(superl.) Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound thinker.
(superl.) Founded in truth or right; supported by justice; not to be overthrown on refuted; not fallacious; as, sound argument or reasoning; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles.
(superl.) heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.
(superl.) Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.
(superl.) Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land.
(adv.) Soundly.
(n.) A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound.
(v. t.) To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.
(v. t.) Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
(v. t.) To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient.
(v. i.) To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
(n.) Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture.
(n.) The peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration of a material substance affecting the ear; a sensation or perception of the mind received through the ear, and produced by the impulse or vibration of the air or other medium with which the ear is in contact; the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing by an impulse or vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies, or by other means; noise; report; as, the sound of a drum; the sound of the human voice; a horrid sound; a charming sound; a sharp, high, or shrill sound.
(n.) The occasion of sound; the impulse or vibration which would occasion sound to a percipient if present with unimpaired; hence, the theory of vibrations in elastic media such cause sound; as, a treatise on sound.
(n.) Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else.
(v. i.) To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible effect.
(v. i.) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
(v. i.) To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention.
(v. t.) To causse to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn.
(v. t.) To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument.
(v. t.) To order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or sounds; to give a signal for by a certain sound; as, to sound a retreat; to sound a parley.
(v. t.) To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported; to publish or proclaim; as, to sound the praises of fame of a great man or a great exploit.
(v. t.) To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the same to emit sounds and noting their character; as, to sound a piece of timber; to sound a vase; to sound the lungs of a patient.
(v. t.) To signify; to import; to denote.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Whole, entire, unbroken, undecayed, uninjured, perfect, faultless, good, firm, strong.[2]. Healthy, hearty, hale, hardy, vigorous, in health, in good health, not diseased.[3]. Sane, well-balanced.[4]. Correct, true, valid, solid, weighty, reasonable, rational, sensible, judicious.[5]. Established, fixed, well-grounded.[6]. Profound, unbroken, undisturbed, fast.[7]. Heavy, lusty, forcible.[8]. Orthodox, of the true faith, not heretical.
ad. Soundly, profoundly.
n. [1]. Strait, narrows.[2]. Air-bladder (of a fish).[3]. Noise, report.
v. n. [1]. Resound, make a noise, give out a sound.[2]. Appear by the sound.[3]. Try the depth (of water), throw the lead.
v. a. [1]. Cause to sound.[2]. Utter, express audibly.[3]. Celebrate (by sounds).[4]. Measure, fathom, try the depth of.[5]. Examine, test, try.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Entire, unbroken, whole, perfect, unhurt, well-grounded, uninjured, unimpaired,healthy, firm, strong, vigorous, weighty, solid, irrefragable, irrefutable,thorough, valid, wholesome, correct, substantial
ANT:Partial, broken, injured, Impaired, unhealthy, unsound, weak, frail, fragile,light, trivial, unfounded, hollow, fallacious, imperfect, unwholesome,incorrect, unsubstantial, invalid,
SYN:Resonance, audibility, noise, report
ANT:Silence, stillness, muteness, voicelessness, abmutescence
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Definition
adj. safe whole entire: perfect: healthy strong: profound: correct: orthodox: weighty.—adv. soundly completely fast as in sleep.—adv. Sound′ly.—n. Sound′ness.
n. (Spens.) swoon.
n. a narrow passage of water: a strait.
n. the air or swimming bladder of a fish.
v.i. to make a noise: to utter a voice: to spread or be spread: to appear on narration.—v.t. to cause to make a noise: to utter audibly: to direct by a sound or audible signal: to examine by percussion: to publish audibly.—n. the impression produced on the ear by the vibrations of air: noise particular quality of tone: report hearing-distance: empty or meaningless noise.—p.adj. Sound′ing making a sound or noise: having a magnificent sound.—ns. Sound′ing-board Sound′-board the thin plate of wood or metal which increases and propagates the sound of a musical instrument: the horizontal board or structure over a pulpit reading-desk &c. carrying the speaker's voice towards the audience; Sound′ing-post Sound′-post a support set under the bridge of a violin for propagating the sounds to the body of the instrument.—adj. Sound′less without sound silent: not capable of being sounded unfathomable.
v.t. to measure the depth of esp. with a line and plummet: to probe: to try to discover a man's secret thoughts wishes &c.: to test: to introduce an instrument into the bladder to examine it.—v.i. to use the line and lead in ascertaining the depth of water.—n. a probe an instrument to discover stone in the bladder.—ns. Sound′ing the ascertaining the depth of water: (pl.) any part of the ocean where a sounding-line will reach the bottom; Sound′ing-lead the weight at the end of a sounding-line; Sound′ing-line a line with a plummet at the end for soundings; Sound′ing-rod a rod for measuring water in a ship's hold.
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Examples
- Until Edison made his wonderful invention in 1877, the human race was entirely without means for preserving or passing on to posterity its own linguistic utterances or any other vocal sound. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There is no one else, and no sound could alarm those who are in the farther wing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The use of a megaphone or speaking trumpet for conveying the sound of the voice to a distance is based on the same principle. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There he is, all safe and sound. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Yet one sound made them pause. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It comes this way--comes very faSt. How loud sounds its rattle on the paved path! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mr. Vholes gives it a rap, and it sounds as hollow as a coffin. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- For an hour I have heard the sounds of conflict within the palace. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The old traditions of the place steal upon his memory and haunt his reveries, and then his fancy clothes all sights and sounds with the supernatural. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She had not far retraced her steps when sounds in front of her betokened the approach of persons in conversation along the same path. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- They reached a curtained door, behind which sounded lovely music. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- That sounded ominous. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The twelve strokes sounded, she grew docile, and would meekly lie down. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She meant 'facinating', but as Grace didn't know the exact meaning of either word, fastidious sounded well and made a good impression. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- This sounded so like a falsehood, that the old gentleman looked somewhat sternly in Oliver's face. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- While the disturbance which travels out from a sounding body is commonly called a wave, it is by no means like the type of wave best known to us, namely, the water wave. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Sounding Mr. Cruncher, and finding him of her opinion, Miss Pross resorted to the Good Republican Brutus of Antiquity, attended by her cavalier. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- They are still sounding the planking and probing the furniture in the hope of finding them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Robert Jordan heard the ax sounding in the woods behind him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I was dumb when she leaned beside the harp again, playing it, but not sounding it, with her right hand. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The carbon being only slightly compressed will offer considerable resistance to the flow of current from the local battery, and therefore the signal on the local sounder will be weak. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When current is made, the relay attracts an armature, which thereby closes a circuit in a local battery and thus causes a click of the sounder. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There is frequent recognition in classical literature of a sounder cosmogony. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Under these conditions the current of the main line is not sent through the sounder, but through the relay which opens and closes a local battery in connection with the strong sounder. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- To test this we disconnected the wire between the frog and battery, and placed, instead of a vibrating sounder, a simple Morse key and a sounder taking the 'etheric' from armature. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He had managed for me, in my absence, with the soundest judgement; and my worldly affairs were prospering. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Here in Spain the Communists offered the best discipline and the soundest and sanest for the prosecution of the war. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I tell you that's the soundest way to deal with the whole thing. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- So spirited a creature would have certainly roused the soundest of sleepers when it felt the prick of the knife. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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