sound

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A long, relatively wide body of water, larger than a strait or a channel, connecting larger bodies of water.
• noun A long, wide ocean inlet.
• noun Archaic The swim bladder of a fish.
• adjective Free from defect, decay, or damage; in good condition.
• adjective Free from disease or injury. synonym: healthy.
• adjective Marked by or showing common sense and good judgment; levelheaded.
• adjective Based on valid reasoning; having no logical flaws: synonym: valid.
• adjective Logic Of or relating to an argument in which all the premises are true and the conclusion follows from the premises.
• adjective Secure or stable.
• adjective Financially secure or safe.
• adjective Thorough; complete.
• adjective Deep and unbroken; undisturbed.
• adjective Compatible with an accepted point of view; orthodox.
• adverb Thoroughly; deeply.
• intransitive verb To measure the depth of (water), especially by means of a weighted line; fathom.
• intransitive verb To try to learn the attitudes or opinions of.
• intransitive verb To probe (a body cavity) with a sound.
• intransitive verb To measure depth.
• intransitive verb To dive swiftly downward. Used of a marine mammal or a fish.
• intransitive verb To look into a possibility; investigate.
• noun An instrument used to examine or explore body cavities, as for foreign bodies or other abnormalities, or to dilate strictures in them.
• noun Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing.
• noun Transmitted vibrations of any frequency.
• noun The sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or other medium.
• noun Such sensations considered as a group.
• noun A distinctive noise.
• noun The distance over which something can be heard.
• noun An articulation made by the vocal apparatus.
• noun The distinctive character of such an articulation.
• noun A mental impression; an implication.
• noun Auditory material that is recorded, as for a movie.
• noun Meaningless noise.
• noun Music A distinctive style, as of an orchestra or singer.
• noun Archaic Rumor; report.
• intransitive verb To make or give forth a sound.
• intransitive verb To be given forth as a sound.
• intransitive verb To present a particular impression.
• intransitive verb To cause to give forth or produce a sound.
• intransitive verb To summon, announce, or signal by a sound.
• intransitive verb Linguistics To articulate; pronounce.
• intransitive verb To make known; celebrate.
• intransitive verb To examine (a body organ or part) by causing to emit sound; auscultate.