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What does sound mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word sound? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Healthy.
  2. Complete, solid, or secure.
  3. (mathematics) Having the property of soundness.
  4. (Britain, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
  5. (of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.
  6. Heavy; laid on with force.
  7. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
Adverb
  1. Soundly.
Interjection
  1. (Britain, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
Noun
  1. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
  2. A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
  3. (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc
  4. Noise without meaning; empty noise.
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To produce a sound.
  2. (copular verb) To convey an impression by one's sound.
  3. (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To resound.
  5. (intransitive, law, often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law.
  6. (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
  7. (phonetics) To pronounce.
Noun
  1. (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
  2. The air bladder of a fish.
  3. A cuttlefish.
Verb
  1. (intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.
  2. To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
  3. Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
  4. (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
Noun
  1. (medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.
Noun
  1. A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.
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