sound
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Healthy.
โHe was safe and sound.โ
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Complete, solid, or secure.
โFred assured me the floorboards were sound.โ
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Having the property of soundness.
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Good; acceptable; decent.
โ"How are you?" - "I'm sound."โ
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(of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.
โHer sleep was sound.โ
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Heavy; laid on with force.
โa sound beatingโ
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Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
โa sound title to landโ
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Soundly.
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Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
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A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
โHe turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him.โ Nobody made a sound.โ
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A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
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A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc
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Noise without meaning; empty noise.
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Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.
โStay within the sound of my voice.โ
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To produce a sound.
โWhen the horn sounds, take cover.โ
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To convey an impression by one's sound.
โHe sounded good when we last spoke.โ
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To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
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To resound.
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(often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law.
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To cause to produce a sound.
โHe sounds the instrument.โ
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(of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
โThe "e" in "house" isn't sounded.โ
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A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
โPuget Sound; Owen Soundโ
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The air bladder of a fish.
โCod sounds are an esteemed article of food.โ
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A cuttlefish.
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An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.
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A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.
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Dive downwards, used of a whale.
โThe whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.โ
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To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
โWhen I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.โ
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Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
โMariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.โ
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To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
โto sound a patient, or the bladder or urethraโ
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