sound (
http://definr.com/sound)
adj 1: financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound
economy" [ant:
unsound]
2: 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 advice"; "no reasonable explanation
for his decision" [syn:
healthy,
intelligent,
levelheaded]
3: in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; "a
sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation"
[ant:
unsound]
4: (of film) having spoken dialogue; "early talking pictures
were known as `talkies'" [syn:
talking,
sound(a)]
[ant:
silent]
5: in excellent physical condition; "good teeth"; "I still have
one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body" [syn:
good]
6: reflects weight of sound argument or evidence; "a sound
argument" [syn:
reasoned,
well-grounded]
7: having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the
property" [syn:
legal]
8: free from moral defect; "a man of sound character"
9: (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a
profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
[syn:
heavy,
profound,
wakeless]
10: thorough; "a sound thrashing"
n 1: the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause;
"the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of
music" [ant:
silence]
2: the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained
to hear the faint sounds" [syn:
auditory sensation]
3: mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium;
"falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one
is there to hear them"
4: the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound
awakened them"
5: the audible part of a transmitted signal; "they always raise
the audio for commercials" [syn:
audio]
6: (linguistics) an individual sound unit of speech without
concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some
language [syn:
phone,
speech sound]
7: a large ocean inlet or deep bay; "the main body of the sound
ran parallel to the coast"
8: a relatively narrow body of water linking two larger bodies;
"the ship went aground in the channel" [syn:
channel]
adv : deeply or completely; "slept soundly through the storm"; "is
sound asleep" [syn:
soundly]
v 1: appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting"
2: make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun
went `bang'" [syn:
go]
3: give off a certain sound or sounds: "This record sounds
scratchy"
4: announce by means of a sound; "sound the alarm"
5: utter with vibrating vocal chords [syn:
voice,
vocalize,
vocalise] [ant:
devoice]
6: cause to sound; "sound the bell"
7: measure depths with a sounding line, as of a body of water
[syn:
fathom]