[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sound \sound\, v. t. imp.  p. p. sounded; p. pr.  vb. n.
   sounding. f. sonder; cf. as. sundgyrd a sounding rod,
   sundline a sounding line see sound a narrow passage of
   water.
   1. to measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to
      ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.
      1913 webster

   2. fig.: to ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts,
      motives, and purposes of a person; to examine; to try;
      to test; to probe.
      1913 webster

            i was in jest,
            and by that offer meant to sound your breast.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

            i've sounded my numidians man by man. --addison.
      1913 webster

   3. med. to explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a
      sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by
      auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient.
      1913 webster
see also:
sounded sounding sound 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sound \sound\, n. as. sund a swimming, akin to e. swim. see
   swim.
   the air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed
   article of food.
   1913 webster
see also:
swim 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sound \sound\, n. zool.
   a cuttlefish. obs. --ainsworth.
   1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sound \sound\, a. compar. sounder; superl. soundest. oe.
   sound, as. sund; akin to d. gezond, g. gesund, ohg. gisunt,
   dan.  sw. sund, and perhaps to l. sanus. cf. sane.
   1. whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or
      decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit;
      a sound tooth; a sound ship.
      1913 webster

   2. healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; --
      said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound
      constitution; a sound understanding.
      1913 webster

   3. firm; strong; safe.
      1913 webster

            the brasswork here, how rich it is in beams,
            and how, besides, it makes the whole house sound.
                                                  --chapman.
      1913 webster

   4. free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful;
      orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound
      thinker.
      1913 webster

            do not i know you a favorer
            of this new seat? ye are nor sound.   --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. founded in truth or right; supported by justice; not to be
      overthrown on refuted; not fallacious; as, sound argument
      or reasoning; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound
      principles.
      1913 webster

            hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast
            heard of me.                          --2 tim. i.
                                                  13.
      1913 webster

   6. heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.
      1913 webster

   7. undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.
      1913 webster

   8. founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound
      title to land.
      1913 webster

   note: sound is sometimes used in the formation of
         self-explaining compounds; as, sound-headed,
         sound-hearted, sound-timbered, etc.
         1913 webster

   sound currency com., a currency whose actual value is the
      same as its nominal value; a currency which does not
      deteriorate or depreciate or fluctuate in comparision with
      the standard of values.
      1913 webster
see also:
sounder soundest sane sound currency 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sound \sound\, adv.
   soundly.
   1913 webster

         so sound he slept that naught might him awake.
                                                  --spenser.
   1913 webster

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sound \sound\, n. as. sund a narrow sea or strait; akin to
   icel., sw., dan.  g. sund, probably so named because it
   could be swum across. see swim. geog.
   a narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland
   and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or
   connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the sound
   between the baltic and the german ocean; long island sound.
   1913 webster

         the sound of denmark, where ships pay toll. --camden.
   1913 webster

   sound dues, tolls formerly imposed by denmark on vessels
      passing through the baltic sound.
      1913 webster
see also:
swim sound dues 

[7] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sound \sound\, v. i.
   to ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other
   device.
   1913 webster

         i sound as a shipman soundeth in the sea with his
         plummet to know the depth of sea.        --palsgrave.
   1913 webster

[8] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sound \sound\, n. f. sonde. see sound to fathom. med.
   any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which
   cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the
   bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture.
   1913 webster
see also:
sound 

[9] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sound \sound\, n. oe. soun, of. son, sun, f. son, fr. l. sonus
   akin to skr. svana sound, svan to sound, and perh. to e.
   swan. cf. assonant, consonant, person, sonata,
   sonnet, sonorous, swan.
   1. the peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration
      of a material substance affecting the ear; a sensation or
      perception of the mind received through the ear, and
      produced by the impulse or vibration of the air or other
      medium with which the ear is in contact; the effect of an
      impression made on the organs of hearing by an impulse or
      vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies, or
      by other means; noise; report; as, the sound of a drum;
      the sound of the human voice; a horrid sound; a charming
      sound; a sharp, high, or shrill sound.
      1913 webster

            the warlike sound
            of trumpets loud and clarions.        --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. the occasion of sound; the impulse or vibration which
      would occasion sound to a percipient if present with
      unimpaired; hence, the theory of vibrations in elastic
      media such cause sound; as, a treatise on sound.
      1913 webster

   note: in this sense, sounds are spoken of as audible and
         inaudible.
         1913 webster

   3. noise without signification; empty noise; noise and
      nothing else.
      1913 webster

            sense and not sound . . . must be the principle.
                                                  --locke.
      1913 webster

   sound boarding, boards for holding pugging, placed in
      partitions of under floors in order to deaden sounds.

   sound bow, in a series of transverse sections of a bell,
      that segment against which the clapper strikes, being the
      part which is most efficacious in producing the sound. see
      illust. of bell.

   sound post. mus. see sounding post, under sounding.
      1913 webster
see also:
assonant consonant person sonata sonnet sonorous 
swan sound boarding sound bow bell sound post 
sounding post sounding 

[10] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sound \sound\, v. i. oe. sounen, sownen, of. soner, suner, f.
   sonner, from l. sonare. see sound a noise.
   1. to make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of
      the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a
      perceptible effect. "and first taught speaking trumpets
      how to sound." --dryden.
      1913 webster

            how silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to
      convey intelligence by sound.
      1913 webster

            from you sounded out the word of the lord. --1
                                                  thess. i. 8.
      1913 webster

   3. to make or convey a certain impression, or to have a
      certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as,
      this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an
      invention.
      1913 webster

            good sir, why do you start, and seem to fear
            things that do sound so fair?         --shak.
      1913 webster

   to sound in or to sound into, to tend to; to partake of
      the nature of; to be consonant with. obs., except in the
      phrase to sound in damages, below.
      1913 webster

            sounding in moral virtue was his speech.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   to sound in damages law, to have the essential quality of
      damages. this is said of an action brought, not for the
      recovery of a specific thing, as replevin, etc., but for
      damages only, as trespass, and the like.
      1913 webster
see also:
sound to sound in to sound into to sound in damages 

[11] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sound \sound\, v. t.
   1. to cause to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a
      trumpet or a horn; to sound an alarm.
      1913 webster

            a bagpipe well could he play and sound. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. to cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the
      voice, or on an instrument.
      1913 webster

   3. to order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or
      sounds; to give a signal for by a certain sound; as, to
      sound a retreat; to sound a parley.
      1913 webster

            the clock sounded the hour of noon.   --g. h. lewes.
      1913 webster

   4. to celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported;
      to publish or proclaim; as, to sound the praises of fame
      of a great man or a great exploit.
      1913 webster

   5. to examine the condition of anything by causing the same
      to emit sounds and noting their character; as, to sound a
      piece of timber; to sound a vase; to sound the lungs of a
      patient.
      1913 webster

   6. to signify; to import; to denote. obs. --milton.
      1913 webster

            sounding alway the increase of his winning.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

[12] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sound
     adj 1: financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound
            economy" ant: unsound
     2: 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" syn: healthy, intelligent, levelheaded
     3: in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; "a
        sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation"
        ant: unsound
     4: in excellent physical condition; "good teeth"; "i still have
        one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body" syn: good
     5: reflects weight of sound argument or evidence; "a sound
        argument" syn: reasoned, well-grounded
     6: having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the
        property" syn: legal
     7: free from moral defect; "a man of sound character"
     8: of sleep deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a
        profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
        syn: heavy, profound, wakeless
     9: thorough; "a sound thrashing"
     n 1: the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause;
          "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of
          music" ant: silence
     2: the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained
        to hear the faint sounds" syn: auditory sensation
     3: 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: the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound
        awakened them"
     5: the audible part of a transmitted signal; "they always raise
        the audio for commercials" syn: audio
     6: phonetics an individual sound unit of speech without
        concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some
        language syn: phone, speech sound
     7: a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of
        water syn: strait
     8: a large ocean inlet or deep bay; "the main body of the sound
        ran parallel to the coast"
     adv : deeply or completely; "slept soundly through the storm"; "is
           sound asleep" syn: soundly
     v 1: appear in a certain way; "this sounds interesting"
     2: make a certain noise or sound; "she went `mmmmm'"; "the gun
        went `bang'" syn: go
     3: give off a certain sound or sounds; "this record sounds
        scratchy"
     4: announce by means of a sound; "sound the alarm"
     5: utter with vibrating vocal chords syn: voice, vocalize,
         vocalise ant: devoice
     6: cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"
     7: measure the depth of a body of water with a sounding line
        syn: fathom
see also:
unsound healthy intelligent levelheaded good reasoned 
well-grounded legal heavy profound wakeless 
silence auditory sensation audio phone speech sound 
strait soundly go voice vocalize 
vocalise devoice fathom 

[13] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

528 moby thesaurus words for "sound":
   christian, able to pay, accepted, adamantine, admissible,
   advantageous, advertise, all there, announce, annunciate, appear,
   appear like, appraise, appreciate, approved, arm, armlet,
   articulate, aspect, assay, assess, astute, auditory range,
   auspicious, authentic, authoritative, bagpipe, balanced, barometer,
   bay, bayou, be reflected, be sent back, beep, bell, belt,
   beneficial, benevolent, bight, binding, bitch, blare, blast, blat,
   blooming, blow, blow a horn, blow the horn, bluster, boca, bon,
   bonny, boom, bounce back, braw, bray, breathe, broadcast, bueno,
   bugle, bulky, bunkum, cacophony, calculable, calculate, calibrate,
   caliper, canonical, canvass, capital, carillon, carrying distance,
   cast the lead, characteristic, check a parameter, check out, chime,
   chink, chorus, clang, clangor, clank, clarion, clearheaded,
   clearminded, clink, cogent, come out with, commendable,
   commonsense, communicate, complain, complete, compos mentis,
   compute, conservative, consistent, conventional, convey, cool,
   coolheaded, correct, cove, credible, creek, cry out, customary,
   deep, deliver, delve into, dense, dependable, dial, dig into, din,
   ding, dingdong, disclose, disseminate, dive, divide, dong, doodle,
   double-tongue, down-to-earth, drop, durable, earreach, earshot,
   earthy, echo, echo back, effect, elegant, emit, emit a sound,
   enduring, entire, enunciate, estimable, estimate, estuary, euripus,
   evaluate, evangelical, examine, excellent, expedient, explore,
   express, fail-safe, fair, faithful, faithworthy, fall, famous,
   fast, fathom, favorable, feel, feel out, feeler, fiducial, fife,
   fine, fiord, firm, firm as gibraltar, firth, fit, fjord, fling off,
   flute, fly a kite, formulate, frith, full, gauge, give,
   give expression, give out with, give tongue, give utterance,
   give voice, go into, gong, good, good for, goodly, graduate, grand,
   grumble, guaranteed, gulf, gut, hale, hale and hearty, harbor,
   hard, hardheaded, harmless, healthy, healthy-minded, hearing,
   heavy, helpful, honk, impart, imperturbable, impression,
   in equilibrium, in good condition, in good shape, indagate,
   infrangible, inlet, inquire of, intact, integral, investigate,
   invincible, invulnerable, jangle, jingle, jinglejangle, judicious,
   just, justifiable, kind, knell, kyle, lasting, laudable, lawful,
   legal, legitimate, let out, levelheaded, lip, literal, loch,
   logical, look, look into, look like, lucid, made of iron,
   make a noise, make a sound, make a sounding, massive,
   matter-of-fact, measure, mensurate, mentally sound, mete, meter,
   mouth, narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, nice, noble,
   noise, normal, nose-dive, of sound mind, of the faith, orthodox,
   orthodoxical, out with, pace, parachute, peaceful, peal, peer into,
   perceptive, percipient, perfect, perspicacious, philosophical,
   phonate, phrase, pilot balloon, pipe, pitch, plausible, pleasant,
   plop, plumb, plumb the depths, plumb-line, plummet, plump, plunge,
   plunk, poke into, politic, poll, positivistic, pounce, pounce on,
   pounce upon, pour forth, practical, practical-minded, pragmatic,
   predictable, present, prize, probe, proclaim, profitable,
   promulgate, pronounce, proper, prudent, pry into, publish,
   put forth, put in words, quality, quantify, quantize, question,
   raise, random sample, range, rate, rational, reach, read, realist,
   realistic, reasonable, reasoning, rebound, received, reecho, regal,
   reliable, report, resemble, resonance, resonate, resound,
   responsible, return, reverberate, reverberation, right,
   right-minded, rigid, ring, ring changes, riskless, road, roads,
   roadstead, robust, roll, rosy, royal, ruddy, rugged, rumble, safe,
   sample, sane, sane-minded, say, scientific, scientistic,
   scriptural, search into, secular, secure, seem, seem like,
   seem to be, self-consistent, send back, sensible, set forth,
   shout out, shriek, sift, signal, size, size up, skillful,
   skin-dive, sky-dive, sling the lead, sober, sober-minded, solid,
   solvent, sonance, sound a knell, sound a tattoo, sound like,
   sound out, sound taps, sound-minded, sound-thinking, sounder, span,
   speak, splendid, squeal, stable, standard, staunch, steadfast,
   steady, step, stoop, stout, straight-thinking, strait, straits,
   straw vote, strong, sturdy, submerge, substantial, sufficient,
   sure, surefire, survey, swoop, swoop down, take a header,
   take a reading, take soundings, tell, test, textual, throw off,
   ting, tingle, tink, tinkle, tintinnabulate, together, toll, tone,
   tongue, toot, tootle, total, tough, traditional, traditionalistic,
   trial balloon, triangulate, triple-tongue, true, true-blue,
   trumpet, trustworthy, trusty, tweedle, unbreakable, unbroken,
   undamaged, undangerous, undisturbed, unfailing, unflappable,
   unflinching, unhazardous, unideal, unidealistic, unimpaired,
   unindebted, uninjured, uninterrupted, unmarred, unperilous,
   unprecarious, unqualified, unrisky, unromantic, unscathed,
   unsentimental, unshakable, untroubled, unwavering, unyielding,
   useful, utter, valid, valuate, value, verbalize, very good,
   vibration, vigorous, virtuous, vituperate, vocalize, voice,
   warranteed, weather vane, weathercock, weigh, weighty, well,
   well-argued, well-balanced, well-built, well-constructed,
   well-founded, well-grounded, well-made, whisper, whistle, whole,
   wholesome, wind, wind the horn, wise, without nerves, word,
   yell out

[14] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

sound
     
        1. audio.
     
        2.  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.
     
        1995-03-01
     
     
see also:
audio inference system type inference semantics complete 

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