Definitions for SOUND

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SOUND sound

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IPA: /saʊnd/

Sound is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 58 anagrams from letters in SOUND (dnosu).

Definitions for SOUND

noun

1. the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
2. mechanical vibrations transmitted through an elastic medium, traveling in air at a speed of approximately 1087 feet (331 meters) per second at sea level.
3. the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause:
4. any auditory effect; any audible vibrational disturbance:
5. a noise, vocal utterance, musical tone, or the like:
6. a distinctive, characteristic, or recognizable musical style, as from a particular performer, orchestra, or type of arrangement:
7. Phonetics. speech sound. the audible result of an utterance or portion of an utterance: .
8. the auditory effect of sound waves as transmitted or recorded by a particular system of sound reproduction:
9. the quality of an event, letter, etc., as it affects a person:
10. the distance within which the noise of something may be heard.
11. mere noise, without meaning:
12. Archaic. a report or rumor; news; tidings.
13. Surgery. a long, slender instrument for sounding or exploring body cavities or canals.
14. a relatively narrow passage of water between larger bodies of water or between the mainland and an island:
15. an inlet, arm, or recessed portion of the sea:
16. the air bladder of a fish.
17. The, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 miles (140 km) long; 3–30 miles (5–48 km) wide.

adverb

1. deeply; thoroughly:

adjective

1. free from injury, damage, defect, disease, etc.; in good condition; healthy; robust:
2. financially strong, secure, or reliable:
3. competent, sensible, or valid:
4. having no defect as to truth, justice, wisdom, or reason:
5. of substantial or enduring character:
6. following in a systematic pattern without any apparent defect in logic:
7. uninterrupted and untroubled; deep:
8. vigorous, thorough, or severe:
9. free from moral defect or weakness; upright, honest, or good; honorable; loyal.
10. having no legal defect:
11. theologically correct or orthodox, as doctrines or a theologian.

Verb phrases

1. sound off, Informal. to call out one's name, as at military roll call. to speak freely or frankly, especially to complain in such a manner. to exaggerate; boast:

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to make or emit a sound:
2. to give forth (a sound):
3. to announce, order, or direct by or as by a sound:
4. to utter audibly, pronounce, or express:
5. to examine by percussion or auscultation:
6. to measure or try the depth of (water, a deep hole, etc.) by letting down a lead or plummet at the end of a line, or by some equivalent means.
7. to measure (depth) in such a manner, as at sea.
8. to examine or test (the bottom, as of the sea or a deep hole) with a lead that brings up adhering bits of matter.
9. to examine or investigate; seek to fathom or ascertain:
10. to seek to elicit the views or sentiments of (a person) by indirect inquiries, suggestive allusions, etc. (often followed by out):
11. Surgery. to examine, as the urinary bladder, with a sound.

verb (used without object)

1. to make or emit a sound.
2. to give forth a sound as a call or summons:
3. to be heard, as a sound.
4. to convey a certain impression when heard or read:
5. to give a specific sound:
6. to give the appearance of being; seem:
7. Law. to have as its basis or foundation (usually followed by in):
8. to use the lead and line or some other device for measuring depth, as at sea.
9. to go down or touch bottom, as a lead.
10. to plunge downward or dive, as a whale.
11. to make investigation; seek information, especially by indirect inquiries.

Origin of SOUND

1250-1300; (noun) Middle English soun Anglo-French (Old French son) Latin sonus; (v.) Middle English sounen Old French suner Latin sonāre, derivative of sonus

Examples for SOUND

“Gronkowski” itself never manages to sound more erotic than the name of a hearty Polish stew or a D-list WWE performer.

The sound disturbed him, bringing premonitions of the city's unrest.

It means the "science of the sound which is made by our speech."

And it must make sure that the platform of debate where we can freely exchange ideas is safe and sound.

"Oh, blessed be the sound of your voice," replied the peasant.

“You can imagine the sound of that gun on a Bronx street,” Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce says.

Again, the difference can seem subtle and sound more like splitting hairs, but the difference is important.

But the sound came nearer, and he distinctly heard "Robert!"

Eudora, what is it within us, that listens where there is no sound?

The sound of birds, quail, even doe, make a wild grid of noise.