| Sound |
The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food. |
n. |
| Sound |
A cuttlefish. |
n. |
| Sound |
Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship. |
superl. |
| Sound |
Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; -- said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding. |
superl. |
| Sound |
Firm; strong; safe. |
superl. |
| Sound |
Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound thinker. |
superl. |
| Sound |
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. |
superl. |
| Sound |
heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating. |
superl. |
| Sound |
Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep. |
superl. |
| Sound |
Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land. |
superl. |
| Sound |
Soundly. |
adv. |
| Sound |
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. |
n. |
| Sound |
To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet. |
v. t. |
| Sound |
Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe. |
v. t. |
| Sound |
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. |
v. t. |
| Sound |
To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device. |
v. i. |
| Sound |
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. |
n. |
| Sound |
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. |
n. |
| Sound |
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. |
n. |
| Sound |
Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else. |
n. |
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