Beepnoun
The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
Soundadjective
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.’;
Beepnoun
A short, electronically produced tone.
Soundadjective
Complete, solid, or secure.
‘Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.’;
Beepverb
(transitive) To sound (something that makes a beep).
‘The motorists in the traffic jam were getting more and more frustrated and started beeping their horns.’;
Soundadjective
Having the property of soundness.
Beepverb
To have sexual intercourse (with) - referring to the bleep tone used to censor obscene words in broadcasts
‘Jason beeped Sharlene after they had drunk a few beers.’;
Soundadjective
Good; acceptable; decent.
‘"How are you?" - "I'm sound."’; ‘That's a sound track you're playing.’; ‘See that man over there? He's sound. You should get to know him.’;
Beepverb
(intransitive) To produce a beep.
Soundadjective
(of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.
‘Her sleep was sound.’;
Beepverb
(transitive) To contact (someone via) a pager device.
Soundadjective
Heavy; laid on with force.
‘a sound beating’;
Beepverb
(transitive) Telephoning a person, but only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
‘Susan beeped Jessica, and then Jessica called her back, because Susan didn't have enough credit on her phone to make the call.’;
Soundadjective
Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
‘a sound title to land’;
Beepnoun
a short high tone produced as a signal or warning
Soundadverb
Soundly.
Beepverb
make a loud noise;
‘The horns of the taxis blared’;
Soundinterjection
Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
‘- I found my jacket.
- Sound.’;
Beepverb
call, summon, or alert with a beeper
Soundnoun
A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
‘He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him.’; ‘Nobody made a sound.’;
Soundnoun
A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
Soundnoun
Noise without meaning; empty noise.
Soundnoun
The air bladder of a fish.
‘Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.’;
Soundnoun
A cuttlefish.
Soundnoun
(medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.
Soundnoun
A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.
Soundverb
(intransitive) To produce a sound.
‘When the horn sounds, take cover.’;
Soundverb
(copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
‘He sounded good when we last spoke.’; ‘That story sounds like a pack of lies!’;
Soundverb
(intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
Soundverb
To resound.
Soundverb
To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law.
Soundverb
(transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
‘He sounds the instrument.’;
Soundverb
To pronounce.
‘The "e" in "house" isn't sounded.’;
Soundverb
(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.’;
Soundverb
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.’;
Soundverb
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.’;
Soundverb
(medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
‘to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra’;
Soundnoun
The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
Soundnoun
A cuttlefish.
Soundnoun
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.
‘The Sound of Denmark, where ships pay toll.’;
Soundnoun
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.
Soundnoun
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.
‘The warlike soundOf trumpets loud and clarions.’;
Soundnoun
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.
Soundnoun
Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else.
‘Sense and not sound . . . must be the principle.’;
Soundadjective
Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship.
Soundadjective
Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; - said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding.
Soundadjective
Firm; strong; safe.
‘The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams,And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound.’;
Soundadjective
Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; - said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound thinker.
‘Do not I know you a favorerOf this new seat? Ye are nor sound.’;
Soundadjective
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.
‘Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me.’;
Soundadjective
heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.
Soundadjective
Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.
Soundadjective
Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land.
Soundadverb
Soundly.
‘So sound he slept that naught might him awake.’;
Soundverb
To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.
Soundverb
Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
‘I was in jest,And by that offer meant to sound your breast.’; ‘I've sounded my Numidians man by man.’;
Soundverb
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.
Soundverb
To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
‘I sound as a shipman soundeth in the sea with his plummet to know the depth of sea.’;
Soundverb
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.
‘How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues!’;
Soundverb
To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
‘From you sounded out the word of the Lord.’;
Soundverb
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.
‘Good sir, why do you start, and seem to fearThings that do sound so fair?’; ‘Soun[d]ing in moral virtue was his speech.’;
Soundverb
To cause to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn; to sound an alarm.
‘A bagpipe well could he play and soun[d].’;
Soundverb
To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument.
Soundverb
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.
‘The clock sounded the hour of noon.’;
Soundverb
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.
Soundverb
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.
Soundverb
To signify; to import; to denote.
‘Soun[d]ing alway the increase of his winning.’;
Soundnoun
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause;
‘the sound of rain on the roof’; ‘the beautiful sound of music’;
Soundnoun
the subjective sensation of hearing something;
‘he strained to hear the faint sounds’;
Soundnoun
mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium;
‘falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them’;
Soundnoun
the sudden occurrence of an audible event;
‘the sound awakened them’;
Soundnoun
the audible part of a transmitted signal;
‘they always raise the audio for commercials’;
Soundnoun
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
Soundnoun
a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
Soundverb
appear in a certain way;
‘This sounds interesting’;
Soundverb
make a certain noise or sound;
‘She went `Mmmmm'’; ‘The gun went `bang'’;
Soundverb
give off a certain sound or sounds;
‘This record sounds scratchy’;
Soundverb
cause to sound;
‘sound the bell’; ‘sound a certain note’;
Soundverb
measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
Soundadjective
financially secure and safe;
‘sound investments’; ‘a sound economy’;
Soundadjective
in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay;
‘a sound timber’; ‘the wall is sound’; ‘a sound foundation’;
Soundadjective
in excellent physical condition;
‘good teeth’; ‘I still have one good leg’; ‘a sound mind in a sound body’;
Soundadjective
reflects weight of sound argument or evidence;
‘a sound argument’;
Soundadjective
having legal efficacy or force;
‘a sound title to the property’;
Soundadjective
free from moral defect;
‘a man of sound character’;
Soundadjective
thorough;
‘a sound thrashing’;
Soundadverb
deeply or completely;
‘slept soundly through the storm’; ‘is sound asleep’;
Sound
In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave, through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid. In human physiology and psychology, sound is the reception of such waves and their perception by the brain.