"Sound" is a word in ENGLISH
To signify; to import; to denote.
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.
To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to
ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.
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.
Free from error; correct; right; honest; true;
faithful; orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound
thinker.
Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.
Firm; strong; safe.
The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed
article of food.
Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; --
said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound
understanding.
Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or
decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound
tooth; a sound ship.
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.
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.
Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a
sound title to land.
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.
Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts,
motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to
probe.
To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or
other device.
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.
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.
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.
To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the
voice, or on an instrument.
To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to
convey intelligence by sound.
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.
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.
To causse to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a
trumpet or a horn.
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.
Soundly.
Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing
else.
A cuttlefish.
heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.
Usually when you see females in movies, they feel like they have these metallic structures around them, they are caged in by male energy.
WORD SUGGESTIONS
What does an aardvark take for ant-digestion?Anta-Seltzer!
In process of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with verbal substantives in -ing which begin with a …
Read the complete definitionThe first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and …
Read the complete definitiona - The letter A in Visayan is pronounced as in Spanish, except when it has a cut short, abrupt …
Read the complete definitionThe sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.
Read the complete definitionHaving a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust.
Read the complete definitionThe quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
Read the complete definitionA mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the …
Read the complete definitionAccompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing …
Read the complete definitionHarmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord; as, the accord of tones.
Read the complete definitionPertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.
Read the complete definitionIn relation to sound or to hearing.
Read the complete definitionThe science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena, and laws.
Read the complete definitionThe use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the …
Read the complete definitionTo give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much.
Read the complete definitionHigh, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or …
Read the complete definitionShrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.
Read the complete definitionA dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one …
Read the complete definitionKinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages.
Read the complete definitionagak-ak v [A] {1} for chickens to make the clucking sound of being disturbed. Miagak-ak ang manuk kay nasangkilan, The …
Read the complete definitionagh written representation of throaty sound produced in utter-ing a gasp of pain or in clearing the throat.
Read the complete definition