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(a) financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy"
(a) in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; "a sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation"
(n) the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause; "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music"
(n) the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds"
(n) mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium; "falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them"
(n) the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
(n) the audible part of a transmitted signal; "they always raise the audio for commercials"
(n) (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
(n) a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
(n) a large ocean inlet or deep bay; "the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast"
(r) deeply or completely; "slept soundly through the storm"; "is sound asleep"
(s) 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 advi
(s) in excellent physical condition; "good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body"
(s) reflects weight of sound argument or evidence; "a sound argument"
(s) having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the property"
(s) free from moral defect; "a man of sound character"
(s) (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
(s) thorough; "a sound thrashing"
(v) appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting"
(v) make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm''"; "The gun went `bang''"
(v) give off a certain sound or sounds; "This record sounds scratchy"
(v) announce by means of a sound; "sound the alarm"
(v) utter with vibrating vocal chords
(v) cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"
(v) measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

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