Soundname/ˈsaʊnd/

• 1

  The strait that separates Zealand (an island of Denmark) from Scania (part of Sweden); also sometimes called by the Danish name, Øresund.

• 2

  Synonym of Plymouth Sound, Devon, England.

soundadj詞源 1/ˈsaʊ̯nd/

• 1

  Healthy.

  • He was safe and sound.
  • In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work.
• 2

  Complete, solid, or secure.

  • Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.
  • The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams, / And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound.
• 3

  human-scienceslogicmathematicsHaving the property of soundness.

  • With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]
• 4

  slangGood; acceptable; decent.

  • How are you? —I'm sound.
  • That's a sound track you're playing.
• 5

  Quiet and deep.

  • Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, and often deeply.
  • Her sleep was sound.
• 6

  Heavy; laid on with force.

  • a sound beating
• 7

  Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.

  • a sound title to land

soundadv詞源 1/ˈsaʊ̯nd/

• 1

  Soundly.

  • So ſound he ſlept, that nought mought him awake.

soundintj詞源 1/ˈsaʊ̯nd/

• 1

  slangYes; used to show agreement or understanding.

  • I found my jacket. — Sound.

soundnoun詞源 2/ˈsaʊ̯nd/

• 1

  A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.

  • He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him.  Nobody made a sound.
  • The warlike sound / Of trumpets loud and clarions.
• 2

  A vibration capable of causing such sensations.

  • In trumpets for assisting the hearing, all reverbation of the trumpet must be avoided. It must be made thick, of the least elastic materials, and covered with cloth externally. For all reverbation lasts for a short time, and produces new sounds which mix with those which are coming in.
  • It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.[…]. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.
• 3

  entertainmentlifestylemusicA distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.

  • He looks like he's got it, maybe. Listen to those kids!/There's no maybe about it. That's it, that's the sound.
• 4

  Noise without meaning; empty noise.

  • For let us conſider this Prepoſition as to its meaning, (for it is the ſence, and not ſound, that is and muſt be the Principle or common Notion) […]
• 5

  Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.

  • Stay within the sound of my voice.
• 6

  human-scienceslinguisticsphoneticsA segment as a part of spoken language, the smallest unit of spoken language, a speech sound.

soundverb詞源 2/ˈsaʊ̯nd/

• 1

  To produce a sound.

  • When the horn sounds, take cover.
• 2

  To convey an impression by one's sound.

  • He sounded good when we last spoke.
  • That story sounds like a pack of lies!
• 3

  To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.

  • For from you ſounded out the worde of the Lord, not in Macedonia & in Achaia onely: but your faith alſo which is towarde God, ſpred abroade in all quarters, that we nede not to ſpeake any thing.
• 4

  obsoleteTo resound.

• 5

  lawTo arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy.

  • In my opinion this claim sounds in damages rather than in an injunction.
  • […]there can be no doubt that claims brought pursuant to § 1983 sound in tort.
• 6

  To cause to produce a sound.

  • Sound the alarm!
  • He sounds the instrument.
• 7

  human-scienceslinguisticsphoneticsTo pronounce.

  • The "e" in "house" isn't sounded.

soundnoun詞源 3/ˈsaʊ̯nd/

• 1

  geographynatural-sciencesA 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.

  • Puget Sound; Owen Sound; Long Island Sound
  • The Sound of Denmarke, where ships pay toll.
• 2

  The air bladder of a fish.

  • Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
  • The head was chopped off, the belly opened, the liver set aside--sometimes along with the roe, sounds, throats, and other items.

soundverb詞源 4/ˈsaʊ̯nd/

• 1

  Of a whale, to dive downwards.

  • The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.
• 2

  To ascertain, or to try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.

  • When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.
  • Tell me moreouer, haſt thou ſounded him,/If he appeale the Duke on ancient malice,/Or worthily as a good ſubiect ſhould/On ſome knowne ground of treacherie in him.
• 3

  To fathom or test; to ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.

  • Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.
  • As when the Sea-man […]/All fearefull foldes his ſailes, and ſounds the maine,/Lifting his prayers to the heauens for aid,/Againſt the terrour of the winds and waues.
• 4

  medicinesciencesTo examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.

  • to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra

soundnoun詞源 4/ˈsaʊ̯nd/

• 1

  medicinesciencesA long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde.

  • Most mild cases respond very nicely to such relatively simple office procedures as dilatations with sounds of increasing calibre, followed by the instillation of an ounce of 5 per cent argyrol in the bladder.