sound

Meaning

Adj

1. Healthy.
2. Complete, solid, or secure.
3. Having the property of soundness.
4. (British, Ireland, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
5. Quiet and deep.
6. Heavy; laid on with force.
7. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.

Adv

Soundly.

Intj

Yes; used to show agreement or understanding.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
2. (countable, uncountable) A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
3. (countable, uncountable) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.
4. (countable, uncountable) Noise without meaning; empty noise.
5. (countable, uncountable) Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.
6. (countable, uncountable) A segment as a part of spoken language, the smallest unit of spoken language, a speech sound.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To produce a sound.
2. (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
3. (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To resound.
5. (intransitive, often) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy.
6. (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
7. (transitive) To pronounce.

Noun

1. 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.
2. The air bladder of a fish.

Verb

1. (intransitive) Of a whale, to dive downwards.
2. To ascertain, or to try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
3. To fathom or test; to ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
4. To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.

Noun

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

Synonyms

noise

voice

healthy

⚕️

ring

💍

roar

resound

tone

solid

good

👍

well

heard

sensible

echo

fathom

strait

wise

report

make a noise

prudent

cry

😢

reasonable

sage

din

judicious

sagacious

thunder

🌩️

probe

clamour

peal

firm

farsighted

speech

rumble

hum

tinkle

wholesome

stable

language

vigorous

safe

pronounce

whole

valid

strike

bay

perfect

right

gulf

fit

news

📰

Translations

son

🔉

suono

🔉

sonido

🔉

som

🔉

klingen

💍

ήχος

geluid

🔉

sonar

🔉

Schall

🔉

sonner

🔉

bruit

Laut

Ton

so

🔉

Pronounced as (IPA)

/saʊnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sound

Inherited from Old English: sund

Cognate with Scots: sound

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: suund

Cognate with Western Frisian: sûn

Cognate with Dutch: gezond

Cognate with Low German: sund

Cognate with German: gesund

Cognate with Danish: sund

Cognate with Swedish: sund

Cognate with Dutch: gezwind

Cognate with German: geschwind

Cognate with Old English: swīþ

Inherited from Middle English: sownde

Inherited from Middle English: sownden

Cognate with Dutch: zond

Cognate with Icelandic: sund

Inherited from Middle English: sounden

Cognate with Old English: sundgyrd

Cognate with Old English: sund

In summary

From Middle English sound, sund, isund, ȝesund, from Old English sund (“sound, safe, whole, uninjured, healthy, prosperous”), from Proto-West Germanic *sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundaz (“healthy”), merged with synonymous Old English ġesund, from Proto-West Germanic *gasund.
Cognate with Scots sound, soun (“healthy, sound”), Saterland Frisian suund, gesuund (“healthy”), West Frisian sûn (“healthy”), Dutch gezond (“healthy, sound”), Low German sund, gesund (“healthy”), German gesund (“healthy, sound”), Danish sund (“healthy”), Swedish sund (“sound, healthy”). Possibly related also to Dutch gezwind (“fast, quick”), German geschwind (“fast, quick”), Old English swīþ (“strong, mighty, powerful, active, severe, violent”). See swith.

Sentences

The buttons made a strange clicking sound when pressed .

From the railway station in the distance came the sound of trains , ringing and rumbling .

He heard a muffled grating sound and saw the black mark jerk forward an inch or so .

An instrument somewhat resembling a trumpet in sound .

Unlike many games , " Rez " contains almost no sound effects or spoken dialogue .