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13 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sound \Sound\, n. [AS. sund a swimming, akin to E. swim. See {Swim}.] The air bladder of a fish; as cod sounds are an esteemed article of food. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sound \Sound\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A cuttlefish. [Obs.] --Ainsworth. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sound \Sound\, a. [Compar. {Sounder}; superl. {Soundest}.] [OE. sound, AS sund; akin to D. gezond G. gesund, OHG. gisunt Dan. & Sw sund, and perhaps to L. sanus. Cf {Sane}.] 1. Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind as sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship. 2. Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; -- said of body or mind; as a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding. 3. Firm; strong; safe. The brasswork here how rich it is in beams, And how besides, it makes the whole house sound. --Chapman. 4. 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 favorer Of this new seat? Ye are nor sound. --Shak. 5. 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 --2 Tim. i. 13. 6. heavy; laid on with force; as a sound beating. 7. Undisturbed; deep; profound; as sound sleep. 8. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as a sound title to land. Note: Sound is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as sound-headed, sound-hearted, sound-timbered, etc {Sound currency} (Com.), a currency whose actual value is the same as its nominal value; a currency which does not deteriorate or depreciate or fluctuate in comparision with the standard of values. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sound \Sound\, v. i. 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. --Palsgrave. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sound \Sound\, adv Soundly. So sound he slept that naught might him awake. --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sound \Sound\, n. [AS. sund a narrow sea or strait; akin to Icel., Sw., Dan. & G. sund, probably so named because it could be swum across See {Swim}.] (Geog.) 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. --Camden. {Sound dues}, tolls formerly imposed by Denmark on vessels passing through the Baltic Sound. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sound \Sound\, n. [F. sonde. See {Sound} to fathom.] (Med.) 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sound \Sound\, n. [OE. soun, OF son, sun, F. son, fr L. sonus akin to Skr. svana sound, svan to sound, and perh. to E. swan. Cf {Assonant}, {Consonant}, {Person}, {Sonata}, {Sonnet}, {Sonorous}, {Swan}.] 1. 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 sound Of trumpets loud and clarions. --Milton. 2. 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. Note: In this sense sounds are spoken of as audible and inaudible. 3. Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else. Sense and not sound . . . must be the principle. --Locke. {Sound boarding}, boards for holding pugging, placed in partitions of under floors in order to deaden sounds. {Sound bow}, in a series of transverse sections of a bell, that segment against which the clapper strikes, being the part which is most efficacious in producing the sound. See Illust. of {Bell}. {Sound post}. (Mus.) See {Sounding post}, under {Sounding}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sound \Sound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sounded}; p. pr & vb n. {Sounding}.] [F. sonder; cf AS sundgyrd a sounding rod, sundline a sounding line (see {Sound} a narrow passage of water).] 1. To measure the depth of to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet. 2. 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. --Dryden. I've sounded my Numidians man by man. --Addison. 3. (Med.) 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sound \Sound\, v. i. [OE. sounen, sownen, OF soner, suner, F. sonner, from L. sonare. See {Sound} a noise.] 1. 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. ``And first taught speaking trumpets how to sound.'' --Dryden. How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues! --Shak. 2. To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound. From you sounded out the word of the Lord. --1 Thess. i. 8. 3. 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 fear Things that do sound so fair? --Shak. {To sound in} or {into}, to tend to to partake of the nature of to be consonant with [Obs., except in the phrase To sound in damages, below.] Soun[d]ing in moral virtue was his speech. --Chaucer. {To sound in damages} (Law), to have the essential quality of damages. This is said of an action brought, not for the recovery of a specific thing as replevin, etc., but for damages only, as trespass, and the like From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sound \Sound\, v. t. 1. To causse to make a noise; to play on as to sound a trumpet or a horn. A bagpipe well could he play and soun[d]. --Chaucer. 2. To cause to exit as a sound; as to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument. 3. 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. --G. H. Lewes. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. To signify; to import; to denote. [Obs.] --Milton. Soun[d]ing alway the increase of his winning. --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sound adj 1: financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy" [ant: {unsound}] 2: exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem";"sound advice"; "no reasonable explanation for his decision" [syn: {healthy}, {intelligent}, {levelheaded}] 3: in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; "a sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation" [ant: {unsound}] 4: (of film) having spoken dialogue; "early talking pictures were known as `talkies'" [syn: {talking}, {sound(a)}] [ant: {silent}] 5: in excellent physical condition; "good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body" [syn: {good}] 6: reflects weight of sound argument or evidence; "a sound argument" [syn: {reasoned}, {well-grounded}] 7: having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the property" [syn: {legal}] 8: free from moral defect; "a man of sound character" 9: (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep" [syn: {heavy}, {profound}, {wakeless}] 10: thorough; "a sound thrashing" n 1: the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause "the sound of rain on the roof" or "the beautiful sound of music" [ant: {silence}] 2: the subjective sensation of hearing something "he strained to hear the faint sounds" [syn: {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 audio for commercials" [syn: {audio}] 6: (linguistics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language [syn: {phone}, {speech sound}] 7: a relatively narrow body of water linking two larger bodies; "the ship went aground in the channel" [syn: {channel}] 8: a large ocean inlet or deep bay; "the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast" adv : deeply or completely; "slept soundly through the storm"; "is sound asleep" [syn: {soundly}] v 1: appear in a certain way "This sounds interesting" 2: make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" [syn: {go}] 3: give off a certain sound or sounds: "This record sounds scratchy" 4: announce by means of a sound; "sound the alarm" 5: utter with vibrating vocal chords [syn: {voice}, {vocalize}] [ant: {devoice}] 6: cause to sound; "sound the bell" 7: measure depths with a sounding line as of a body of water [syn: {fathom}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: sound 1. {audio}. 2.An {inference system} A is sound with respect to another system B if A can only reach conclusions which are true in B. A {type inference} system is considered sound with respect to a {semantics} if the type inferred for an expression is the same as the type inferred for the meaning of that expression under the semantics. The dual to soundness is {complete}ness. (1995-03-01)
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