Sound - Definition

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 sound explanation for his
decision" [syn: healthy, intelligent, levelheaded,
level-headed, sound]
3: in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; "a
sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation"
[ant: unsound]
4: in excellent physical condition; "good teeth"; "I still have
one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body" [syn: good,
sound]
5: logically valid; "a sound argument" [syn: reasoned,
sound, well-grounded]
6: having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the
property" [syn: legal, sound, effectual]
7: free from moral defect; "a man of sound character"
8: (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a
profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
[syn: heavy, profound, sound, wakeless]
9: 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: quiet, silence]
2: the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained
to hear the faint sounds" [syn: sound, 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, sound]
6: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without
concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
[syn: phone, speech sound, sound]
7: a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of
water [syn: strait, sound]
8: a large ocean inlet or deep bay; "the main body of the sound
ran parallel to the coast"
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: sound, 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, sound,
vocalize, vocalise] [ant: devoice]
6: cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"
7: measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
[syn: fathom, sound]