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NGSL Rank: 389
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Meanings
noun
  • vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear.
    E.g. light travels faster than sound
  • sound produced by continuous and regular vibrations, as opposed to noise.
  • music, speech, and sound effects when recorded and used to accompany a film, video, or broadcast.
    E.g. a sound studio
  • an idea or impression conveyed by words.
    E.g. you've had a hard day, by the sound of it
verb
  • emit or cause to emit sound.
    E.g. a loud buzzer sounded
  • convey a specified impression when heard.
    E.g. he sounded worried
adjective
  • in good condition; not damaged, injured, or diseased.
    E.g. they returned safe and sound
  • based on valid reason or good judgement.
    E.g. sound advice for healthy living
  • (of sleep) deep and undisturbed.
    E.g. a doze that deepened into a sound sleep
  • (of a beating) severe.
    E.g. such people should be given a sound thrashing
adverb
  • soundly.
    E.g. he was sound asleep
verb
  • ascertain (the depth of water in the sea, a lake, or a river), typically by means of a line or pole or using sound echoes.
    E.g. Mr Pattison was sounding the depth of the water with a pole
  • question (someone) discreetly or cautiously so as to ascertain their opinions on a subject.
    E.g. we'll sound out parliament first
  • examine (a person's bladder or other internal cavity) with a long surgical probe.
  • (especially of a whale) dive down steeply to a great depth.
    E.g. he sounded, arching his back steeply and raising his rubbery flukes in the air
noun
  • a long surgical probe, typically with a curved, blunt end.
noun
  • a narrow stretch of water forming an inlet or connecting two wider areas of water such as two seas or a sea and a lake.

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