Results for sound
Definitions of sound:
part of speech: noun
The air or swimming bladder of a fish.
part of speech: adjective
Whole; as, safe and sound; entire; unbroken; as, a sound slumber; healthy; not decayed; as, a sound tooth; founded on truth or right; as, sound doctrine; morally good or honorable; firm; safe; strong; legal; valid; as, a sound title.
part of speech: verb intransitive
To make a noise: to utter a voice: to spread.
part of speech: noun
Soundness, sounder.
part of speech: adjective
Safe, whole, entire: perfect: healthy, strong: profound: correct: orthodox: weighty.
part of speech: verb intransitive
To make a noise or sound; be spread or published audibly; to give a certain impression, when heard; as, her voice sounds sad.
part of speech: noun
An instrument to discover stone in the bladder.
part of speech: noun
In surg., a probe or other instr. used to examine the bladder or a wound.
part of speech: adverb
part of speech: noun
The impression produced on the ear by the vibrations of air: noise: report: empty or meaningless noise.
part of speech: noun
part of speech: verb transitive
To cause to make a noise: to utter audibly: to direct by a sound or audible signal: to publish audibly.
part of speech: verb
To make a noise; to utter audibly; to play on; to celebrate or extol.
part of speech: verb transitive
To measure the depth of, esp. with a line and plummet: to probe: to try to discover a man's secret wishes, etc.: to test: to introduce an instrument into the bladder to examine it.
part of speech: adjective
Healthy; not diseased; strong; healthy in mind; unbroken; not defective; not decayed; unhurt; correct; free from error; orthodox; not enfeebled.
part of speech: noun
A narrow passage of water which may be crossed by swimming, or whose depth may be ascertained; a narrow arm of the sea.
part of speech: noun
A narrow passage of water: a strait.
part of speech: noun
The impression made on the ear by the vibrations of the air; noise; a straight, fairly wide passage of water; the air bladder of a fish.
part of speech: verb
To try, as the depth of water and the quality of the bottom, by sinking a plummet attached to a line; to use the line and lead to ascertain the depth of water; to try; to examine; to discover or endeavour to discover, as one's thoughts or opinions.
part of speech: noun
Anything perceptible to the ear; that which strikes the ear; noise; report; noise without significance.
part of speech: verb transitive
To measure the depth of; cause to make a noise; order or announce by sound; as, to sound an alarm; examine or try; as, to sound one's opinions; probe.
part of speech: adverb
Soundly; heartily.
part of speech: verb intransitive
To use the line and lead in ascertaining the depth of water.
Usage examples for sound:
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It does not sound much like the beginning of a story, does it?
"Not Quite Eighteen", Susan Coolidge -
The joy in the sound almost hurt her.
"Marcella", Mrs. Humphry Ward -
She turned up the sound
"The Samurai Strategy", Thomas Hoover -
It doesn't sound like much; but it will probably be news to you, as it certainly was to me.
"The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow", Anna Katharine Green