Noun | 1. | sound - the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause; "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music" |
2. | sound - the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds" Synonyms: auditory sensation | |
3. | sound - 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. | sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them" | |
5. | ![]() Synonyms: audio | |
6. | sound - (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language Synonyms: speech sound, phone | |
7. | sound - a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water Synonyms: strait | |
8. | sound - a large ocean inlet or deep bay; "the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast" | |
Verb | 1. | sound - appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting" |
2. | sound - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" Synonyms: go | |
3. | sound - give off a certain sound or sounds; "This record sounds scratchy" | |
4. | sound - announce by means of a sound; "sound the alarm" | |
5. | sound - utter with vibrating vocal chords | |
6. | sound - cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note" | |
7. | sound - measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line Synonyms: fathom | |
Adj. | 1. | sound - financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy" Antonyms: unsound - not sound financially; "unsound banking practices" |
2. | sound - 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" | |
3. | sound - in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; "a sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation" Antonyms: unsound - not in good condition; damaged or decayed; "an unsound foundation" | |
4. | sound - in excellent physical condition; "good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body" Synonyms: good | |
5. | sound - reflects weight of sound argument or evidence; "a sound argument" Synonyms: reasoned, well-grounded | |
6. | sound - having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the property" Synonyms: legal | |
7. | sound - free from moral defect; "a man of sound character" | |
8. | sound - (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep" | |
9. | sound - thorough; "a sound thrashing" | |
Adv. | 1. | sound - deeply or completely; "slept soundly through the storm"; "is sound asleep" Synonyms: soundly |
1. | sound - audio. | ||
2. | (logic) | sound - An inference system A is sound with respect to
another system B if A can only reach conclusions which are
true in B. A type inference system is considered sound with
respect to a semantics if the type inferred for an
expression is the same as the type inferred for the meaning of
that expression under the semantics. The dual to soundness is completeness. |