1. The particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
   "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music"
    
2. The subjective sensation of hearing something
   "he strained to hear the faint sounds";
   - auditory sensation
    
3. Mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
   "falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them"
    
4. The sudden occurrence of an audible event
   "the sound awakened them"
    
5. The audible part of a transmitted signal
   "they always raise the sound for commercials";
   - audio
    
6. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
   "The 'th' in 'thin' is a single speech sound in English";
   - phone, speech sound
    
7. A narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
   "Puget Sound is a complex system of interconnected marine waterways";
   - strait
    
8. A large ocean inlet or deep bay
   "the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast"

1. Financially secure and safe
   "sound investments"; "a sound economy"
    
2. In good condition; free from defect, damage or decay
   "a sound foundation"; "a sound timber"; "the wall is sound"
    
3. Exercising or showing good judgment
   "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision";
   - healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed
    
4. Logically valid
   "a sound argument";
   - reasoned, well-grounded
    
5. Having legal efficacy or force
   "a sound title to the property";
   - legal, effectual
    
6. In excellent physical condition
   "a sound mind in a sound body";
   - good
    
7. Free from moral defect
   "a man of sound character"
    
8. Complete; thorough
   "politicians have no sound grasp of technology issues"; "he has a sound understanding of the law"
    
9. Vigorous or severe
   "a sound thrashing"
    
10. (of sleep) deep and complete
    "a sound sleeper";
    - heavy, profound, wakeless

1. Make a certain noise or sound
   "She sounded 'Mmmmm'";
   - go
    
2. Give off a certain sound or sounds
   "This record sounds scratchy"
    
3. Appear in a certain way
   "This sounds interesting"
    
4. Utter with vibrating vocal chords
   "She sounded the alarm when she saw smoke";
   - voice, vocalize, vocalise [Brit]
    
5. Announce by means of a sound
   "sound the alarm"
    
6. Cause to sound
   "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"
    
7. Measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
   "They sounded the lake to create a depth chart";
   - fathom

Derived forms: sounds, sounding, soundest, sounder, sounded

See also: complete, deep, dependable, fit, good, healthy, reasonable, righteous, safe, secure, sensible, solid, sound off, stable, strong, substantial, unbroken, undamaged, uninjured, valid, wholesome

Type of: aesthesis, announce, appear, articulate, auditory communication, body of water, cause, cause to be perceived, channel, denote, emit, enounce [archaic], enunciate, esthesis [US], get, give off, give out, happening, have, induce, language unit, linguistic unit, look, make, measure, mechanical phenomenon, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, pronounce, quantify, quantitate, say, seem, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression, sound out, sound property, stimulate, water

Antonym: quiet, unsound

Part of: telecasting, television, TV, utterance, video, vocalization

Encyclopedia: Sound, Lerwick