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" or "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 relatively narrow body of water linking two larger bodies;
"the ship went aground in the channel" [syn: {channel}]
8: a large ocean inlet or deep bay; "the main body of the sound
ran parallel to the coast"
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}]
[ant: {devoice}]
6: cause to sound; "sound the bell"
7: measure depths with a sounding line, as of a body of water
[syn: {fathom}]