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sound

/ sound /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
"the sound of rain on the roof"
"the beautiful sound of music"
Opposites:
silence quiet
Type of:
sound property
Kinds of:
noisiness racketiness ring unison voice
Derived:
go
verb Sense 2
give off a certain sound or sounds
"This record sounds scratchy"
Kinds of:
cackel play dissonate pierce speak
Derived:
auditory sensation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
verb Sense 3
make a certain noise or sound
"She went `Mmmmm''"
"The gun went `bang''"
Type of:
cause to be perceived
Kinds of:
snarl whistle sing blow ting
Derived:
audio
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
verb Sense 4
cause to sound
"sound the bell"
"sound a certain note"
Kinds of:
play blow twang prepare gong
Derived:
auditory sensation
Causes:
go
See also:
sound off strike up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 5
announce by means of a sound
"sound the alarm"
Type of:
announce denote
Derived:
phone speech sound audio auditory sensation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
adjective satellite Sense 6
thorough
"a sound thrashing"
Similar:
complete
adjective satellite Sense 7
free from moral defect
"a man of sound character"
Similar:
righteous
adjective Sense 8
financially secure and safe
"sound investments"
"a sound economy"
Similar:
dependable good safe secure healthy stable
Opposites:
unsound
See also:
fit healthy unbroken undamaged uninjured
adjective Sense 9
in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay
"a sound timber"
"the wall is sound"
"a sound foundation"
Similar:
solid strong substantial
Opposites:
unsound
verb Sense 10
appear in a certain way
"This sounds interesting"
Type of:
look appear seem
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
noun Sense 11
mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
"falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them"
Type of:
mechanical phenomenon
Kinds of:
ultrasound
Derived:
go
noun Sense 12
a large ocean inlet or deep bay
"the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast"
Type of:
body of water water
Kinds of:
Long Island Sound Puget Sound Queen Charlotte Sound
Derived:
fathom
noun Sense 13
the sudden occurrence of an audible event
"the sound awakened them"
Type of:
happening occurrence natural event
Kinds of:
beat beep bleep bell toll
Derived:
go
noun Sense 14
the subjective sensation of hearing something
"he strained to hear the faint sounds"
Type of:
sensation sense experience sense impression
Kinds of:
music euphony tone pure tone noise
verb Sense 15
utter with vibrating vocal chords
Opposites:
devoice
Type of:
pronounce articulate enounce
Kinds of:
chirk quaver waver
Derived:
voice vocalization vocalisation phonation vox
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
adjective satellite Sense 16
reflects weight of sound argument or evidence
"a sound argument"
Similar:
valid
adjective satellite Sense 17
having legal efficacy or force
"a sound title to the property"
Similar:
valid
noun Sense 18
the audible part of a transmitted signal
"they always raise the audio for commercials"
Type of:
auditory communication
Has parts:
television telecasting TV
Derived:
go
adjective satellite Sense 19
in excellent physical condition
"good teeth"
"I still have one good leg"
"a sound mind in a sound body"
Similar:
healthy
noun Sense 20
a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
Type of:
channel
Kinds of:
Dardanelles Hellespont East River Bering Strait Bosporus
verb Sense 21
measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
Type of:
quantify measure
Derived:
sounder sounding fathom fthm
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
adverb Sense 22
deeply or completely
"slept soundly through the storm"
"is sound asleep"
Pertains to:
heavy profound wakeless
noun Sense 23
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
Type of:
language unit linguistic unit
Kinds of:
phoneme vowel vowel sound semivowel glide
Has parts:
utterance vocalization
Derived:
voice vocalize vocalise phonate
Domain:
phonetics
adjective satellite Sense 24
(of sleep) deep and complete
"a heavy sleep"
"fell into a profound sleep"
"a sound sleeper"
"deep wakeless sleep"
Similar:
deep
adjective satellite Sense 25
exercising or showing good judgment
"healthy scepticism"
"a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"
"the healthy attitude of French laws"
"healthy relations between labor and management"
"an intelligent solution"
"a sound approach to the problem"
"sound advi"
Similar:
reasonable sensible
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
25
Total Synonyms
17
Total Relationships
132
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

sound property noisiness racketiness ring unison voice silence quiet cackel play dissonate pierce