sound

Use sound in a sentence

Listening to the sound of music.

adjective

The definition of sound is someone or something that is in good condition.
An example of sound is a well made chair.

noun

Sound is vibration in air and water that stimulate the nerves inside the ears to create the sensation of hearing.
1. An example of sound is music.
2. An example of sound is voices.
The definition of a sound is a wide channel or strait linking two large bodies of water.
An example of sound is the English Channel.

verb

Sound is defined as to have a particular tone or seem a certain way.
1. An example of sound is someone's voice being deep.
2. An example of sound is someone's voice seeming scared.

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sound

1. vibrations in air, water, etc. that stimulate the auditory nerves and produce the sensation of hearing: although the speed of sound varies considerably, the standard is c. 331 meters per second (c. 740 mph), which is the speed in dry air at STP
2. the auditory sensation produced by such vibrations
1. any auditory effect that is distinctive or characteristic of its source; identifiable noise, tone, vocal utterance, etc.: the sound of a violin, a speech sound
2. such effects as transmitted by or recorded for radio, TV, films, or on phonograph records
3. the volume or quality of transmitted or recorded sound
the distance within which a given sound may be heard; earshot: within sound of the bells
the mental impression produced by the way something is worded; tenor; drift: the sound of his report
meaningless noise; racket
Archaic
1. report; rumor
2. meaning; significance

Origin of sound

from Middle English soun (+ unhistoric -d) from Old French son from Classical Latin sonus from Indo-European an unverified form swonos, a sound, noise from base an unverified form swen-, to sound from source Old English swinsian, to sing, make music

to make a sound or sounds
to have a particular tone or quality of sound: your voice sounds hoarse
to seem, from the sound or manner of utterance: to sound troubled
to seem to be or appear to be, based on information one has heard: their plan sounds crazy

Origin of sound

ME sounen < OFr soner < L sonare

1. to cause to sound: to sound a gong
2. to produce the sound of: to sound a C on a piano
3. to utter distinctly; articulate: to sound one's r's
to express, signal, indicate, or announce: the clock sounds the hour
to make widely known; proclaim: to sound someone's praises
to examine (the chest) by auscultation or percussion

sound Idioms

sound off

1. to speak in turn, as in counting off for a military formation
2. to count cadence in marching
Informal
1. to give voice freely to opinions, complaints, etc.
2. to speak in a loud or offensive way, as in boasting

free from defect, damage, or decay; whole and in good condition: sound timber
normal and healthy; not weak, diseased, or impaired: a sound body and mind
1. firm and safe; stable; secure: a sound alliance
2. safe and secure financially: a sound bank
based on truth or valid reasoning; accurate, reliable, judicious, sensible, etc.: sound advice
agreeing with established views or beliefs; not heterodox: sound doctrine
thorough, solid, substantial, forceful, etc.: a sound defeat
deep and undisturbed: said of sleep
morally strong; honest, honorable, loyal, etc.
legally valid: a sound title to a property

Origin of sound

Middle English from Old English (ge)sund, akin to Danish sund, German (ge)sund from Germanic an unverified form swintha-, strong from source Old English swith

completely; deeply: sound asleep

a wide channel or strait linking two large bodies of water or separating an island from the mainland
a long inlet or arm of the sea
the swim bladder of certain fishes

Origin of sound

Middle English from Old English sund, a swimming, water, strait and Old Norse sund, both from base an unverified form swem- from source swim

1. to measure the depth or various depths of (water or a body of water), esp. with a weighted line
2. to measure (depth) in this way
3. to investigate or examine (the bottom of the sea, etc.) with a weighted line that brings up adhering particles
4. to probe (the atmosphere or space) so as to gain data
1. to investigate, examine, or try to find out (a person's opinions)
2. to try to find out the opinions or feelings of (a person), as by roundabout questioning: often with out
Med. to examine with a sound, or probe

Origin of sound

Middle English sounden from Middle French sonder from Vulgar Latin subundare, to submerge from Classical Latin sub, under + unda, a wave: see water

to sound water or a body of water
to dive suddenly downward through the water: said esp. of whales or large fish
to try to find out something, as by roundabout questioning

Med. a long probe used in examining body cavities

Sound

Öresund

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noun

a. Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing.
b. Transmitted vibrations of any frequency.
c. The sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or other medium.
d. Such sensations considered as a group.
A distinctive noise: a hollow sound.
The distance over which something can be heard: within sound of my voice.
Linguistics
a. An articulation made by the vocal apparatus: a vowel sound.
b. The distinctive character of such an articulation: The words bear and bare have the same sound.
A mental impression; an implication: didn't like the sound of the invitation.
Auditory material that is recorded, as for a movie.
Meaningless noise.
Music A distinctive style, as of an orchestra or singer.
Archaic Rumor; report.

verb

sound·ed, sound·ing, sounds

verb

intransitive

a. To make or give forth a sound: The siren sounded.
b. To be given forth as a sound: The fanfare sounded.
To present a particular impression: That argument sounds reasonable.

verb

transitive

To cause to give forth or produce a sound: sounded the gong.
To summon, announce, or signal by a sound: sound a warning.
Linguistics To articulate; pronounce: sound a vowel.
To make known; celebrate: “Nations unborn your mighty names shall sound” ( Alexander Pope )
To examine (a body organ or part) by causing to emit sound; auscultate.

Phrasal Verbs: sound off To express one's views vigorously: was always sounding off about higher taxes. To count cadence when marching in military formation.

Origin of sound

Middle English soun from Old French son from Latin sonus ; see swen- in Indo-European roots.

adjective

sound·er, sound·est

Free from defect, decay, or damage; in good condition: Is the bridge sound?
Free from disease or injury. See Synonyms at healthy.
a. Marked by or showing common sense and good judgment; levelheaded: a sound approach to the problem.
b. Based on valid reasoning; having no logical flaws: a sound conclusion; sound reasoning. See Synonyms at valid.
c. Logic Of or relating to an argument in which all the premises are true and the conclusion follows from the premises.
a. Secure or stable: a partnership that started on a sound footing.
b. Financially secure or safe: a sound economy.
Thorough; complete: gave their rivals a sound thrashing.
Deep and unbroken; undisturbed: a sound sleep.
Compatible with an accepted point of view; orthodox: sound doctrine.

adverb

Thoroughly; deeply: sound asleep.

Origin of sound

Middle English from Old English gesund

Related Forms:

sound′ly
adverb

sound′ness
noun

noun

Abbr. Sd.
a. A long, relatively wide body of water, larger than a strait or a channel, connecting larger bodies of water.
b. A long, wide ocean inlet.
Archaic The swim bladder of a fish.

Origin of sound

Middle English from Old English sund swimming, sea

verb

sound·ed, sound·ing, sounds

verb

transitive

To measure the depth of (water), especially by means of a weighted line; fathom.
To try to learn the attitudes or opinions of: sounded out her feelings.
To probe (a body cavity) with a sound.

verb

intransitive

To measure depth.
To dive swiftly downward. Used of a marine mammal or a fish.
To look into a possibility; investigate.

noun

An instrument used to examine or explore body cavities, as for foreign bodies or other abnormalities, or to dilate strictures in them.

Origin of sound

Middle English sounden from Old French sonder from sonde sounding line probably of Germanic origin

Related Forms:

sound′a·ble
adjective

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A type of longitudinal wave that originates as the vibration of a medium (such as a person's vocal cords or a guitar string) and travels through gases, liquids, and elastic solids as variations of pressure and density. The loudness of a sound perceived by the ear depends on the amplitude of the sound wave and is measured in decibels, while its pitch depends on its frequency, measured in hertz.
The sensation produced in the organs of hearing by waves of this type.
See Note at ultrasound

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sound

acoustics 1. Physics. the study of sound and sound waves. 2. the qualities or characteristics of a space, as an auditorium, that deter-mine the audibility and fidelity of sounds in it. —acoustician, n. —acoustic, adj. anacamptics Obsolete, the study of the reflection of sounds. —anacamptic, adj. assonance likeness or approximate similarity in sound. bombilation Rare. a rumbling sound. bombination Rare. a buzzing or humming sound. cacophony 1. a harshness of sound. 2. discordant noise. —cacophonic, cacophonous, adj. crepitation a crackling sound. diacoustics Rare. the science of sounds refracted through various media. echolocation the fixing of the position of an object by transmitting a signal and measuring the time required for it to bounce back, typically done by radar or sonar and by bats. echometry the measurement of the duration of and intervals between sounds. —echometer, n. euphony 1. an agreeableness in sounds; a pleasantness to the ear; harmoniousness. 2. Phonetics. a harmoniousness in speech sounds, especially in word choices emphasizing various patterns of consonants or vowels. —euphonic, euphonical, euphonious, adj. harmonometer an instrument for measuring the relationships between sounds. homonymy the state or quality of sounding identical, whether spelled identically or not, as bear and bare. homophony the state or condition of a letter, word, or symbol having the same sound as another but a different meaning, regardless of sameness or difference in spelling, as choirlquire. —homophonic, homophonous, adj. kaleidophon, kaleidophone an instrument for the visual representation of sound waves. monotony dullness or uniformity, similar to that experienced from a repeated sound. —monotonous, adj. onomatopoeia the state or condition of a word formed to imitate the sound of its intended meaning, as rustle. —onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic, onoma-topoietic, onomatopoeial, adj. oxyphonia an unusually sharp quality or pitch of sound or voice. phonology 1. the study of speech sounds, from either or both the phonetic and phonemic viewpoints. 2. the phonetic and phonemic systems of a language. See also linguistics. —phonologist, n. —phonological, adj. phonomania an abnormal love of noise. phonophobia an abnormal f ear of noise. plangency the condition or quality of producing a deep or loud sound. —plangent, adj. psychoacoustics the study of the relationship between sounds and their perception by the listener, especially with regard to how the perception depends on the physical characteristics of the sound rather than on the mind of the listener. —psychoacoustician, n. —psychoacoustic, adj. raucity the state or quality of sounding hoarse or harsh. —raucous, adj. sibilancy, sibilance the state or quality of a hissing sound. —sibilant, adj. stridulation 1. the producing of a shrill, grating noise by chafing a serrated part of the body against a hard part. 2. the noise so produced. —stridulator, n. —stridulant, stridulatory, adj. susurration 1. the act or process of whispering. 2. a whispering sound or soft rustling. Also susurrus. —susurrant, susurrous, adj. tautophony repetition of the same sound. —tautophonic, tautophonical, adj. ultrasonics the science or study of ultrasonic vibrations, those belonging to a frequency above the audio range. —ultrasonic, adj. ululation 1. the act of wailing or hooting. 2. the sound thus produced. —ululant, adj.

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Adjective

(comparative sounder, superlative soundest)

Healthy.
He was safe and sound.
In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work.
Complete, solid, or secure.
Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.
(mathematics, logic) (argument, logical system) having the soundness property.
(UK, slang) Good.
"How are you?" - "I'm sound."
That's a sound track you're playing.
(of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.
Her sleep was sound.
Heavy; laid on with force.
a sound beating
Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
a sound title to land

Adverb

(comparative more sound, superlative most sound)

Soundly.

Interjection

(UK, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
"I found my jacket." - "Sound."

Origin

From Middle English sound, sund, isund, Èesund, from Old English sund, Ä¡esund (“sound, safe, whole, uninjured, healthy, prosperous"), from Proto-Germanic *gasundaz, *sundaz (“healthy"), from Proto-Indo-European *sunt-, *swent- (“vigorous, active, healthy"). Cognate with Scots sound, soun (“healthy, sound"), Saterland Frisian suund, gesuund (“healthy"), West Frisian sÃ»n (“healthy"), Dutch gezond (“healthy, sound"), Low German sund, gesund (“healthy"), German gesund (“healthy, sound"), Danish sund (“healthy"), Swedish sund (“sound, healthy"), Irish fÃ©taid (“to be able"). Related also to German geschwind (“fast, quick"), Old English swÄ«Ã¾ (“strong, mighty, powerful, active, severe, violent"). See swith.

Noun

(plural sounds)

A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
Nobody made a sound.
He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him.
A vibration capable of causing this.
(music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc
Noise without meaning; empty noise.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present sounds, present participle sounding, simple past and past participle sounded)

(intransitive) To produce a sound.
When the horn sounds, take cover.
(intransitive, copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
He sounded good when we last spoke.
That story sounds like a pack of lies!
(intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
(intransitive, law) Often with "in"; to arise or to be recognizable as arising within a particular area of law.
To cause to produce a sound.
He sounds the instrument.
(phonetics) To pronounce a vowel or a consonant.
The "e" in "house" isn't sounded.

Origin

Noun: from Middle English sownde, alteration of sowne, from Anglo-Norman sun, soun, Old French son, from accusative of Latin sonus.
Verb: from Middle English sownden, sounen, from Anglo-Norman suner, Old French soner (modern sonner), from Latin sonare
The euphonic -d appears in the fifteenth century.

Noun

(plural sounds)

(geography) 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.
Puget Sound; Owen Sound

Origin

From Middle English sound, sund, from Old English sund (“the power, capacity, or act of swimming; swimming; sea; ocean; water; sound; strait; channel"), from Proto-Germanic *sundÄ… (“swimming; sound"), from Proto-Indo-European *swem- (“swimming; sea"). Cognate with Dutch sond (“sound; strait"), Danish sund (“sound; strait; channel"), Swedish sund (“sound; strait; channel"), Icelandic sund (“sound; strait; channel"). Related to swim.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present sounds, present participle sounding, simple past and past participle sounded)

(intransitive) dive downwards, used of a whale.
The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.
To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.
test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.
(medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound, or by auscultation or percussion.
to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra

Noun

(plural sounds)

A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.

Origin

Middle English sounden, from Old French sonder, from sonde (“sounding line") of Germanic origin, compare Old English sundgyrd (“a sounding rod"), sundline (“a sounding line"), Old English sund (“water", "sea"). More at Etymology 3 above

Noun

(plural sounds)

The air bladder of a fish.
Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
A cuttlefish.

Origin

Old English sund, a swimming, akin to modern swim.

Proper noun

The strait that separates Zealand (an island of Denmark) from Scania (part of Sweden); also sometimes called by the Danish name, Ã˜resund.

Origin

From the common noun sound (“strait, inlet").

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sound - Legal Definition

adj

In good health, both physically and mentally (sound of body and mind); marketable (property); undamaged, form taken by a document, as in “the complaint sounds in negligence.”

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sound - Medical Definition

1. Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing.
2. Transmitted vibrations of any frequency.
3. The sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or other medium.
4. Such sensations considered as a group.
A distinctive noise: a hollow sound.
The distance over which something can be heard: within sound of my voice.
Linguistics
1. An articulation made by the vocal apparatus: a vowel sound.
2. The distinctive character of such an articulation: The words bear and bare have the same sound.

1. To make or give forth a sound: The siren sounded.
2. To be given forth as a sound: The fanfare sounded.
Linguistics To articulate; pronounce: sound a vowel.
To present a particular impression: That argument sounds reasonable.
To examine a body organ or part by causing to emit sound; auscultate.

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