sound

financially secure and safe“sound investments”

exercising or showing good judgment“healthy scepticism”

(of sleep) deep and complete“a heavy sleep”

in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay“a sound timber”

logically valid“a sound argument”

having legal efficacy or force“a sound title to the property”

in excellent physical condition“good teeth”

vigorous or severe“a sound thrashing”

free from moral defect“a man of sound character”

complete; thorough“politicians have no sound grasp of technology issues”

utter with vibrating vocal chords

make a certain noise or sound“She went ‘Mmmmm’”

measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

appear in a certain way“This sounds interesting”

give off a certain sound or sounds“This record sounds scratchy”

announce by means of a sound“sound the alarm”

cause to sound“sound the bell”

(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

the subjective sensation of hearing something“he strained to hear the faint sounds”

the audible part of a transmitted signal“they always raise the audio for commercials”

a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause“the sound of rain on the roof”

mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium“falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them”

the sudden occurrence of an audible event“the sound awakened them”

a large ocean inlet or deep bay“the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast”