sound
sound is a 5-letter English word with 53 senses as noun, adverb, transitive verb, intransitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
- noun. A cuttlefish.
- superlative. Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship.
- superlative. Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; -- said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding.
- superlative. Firm; strong; safe.
- superlative. Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound thinker.
- superlative. 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.
- superlative. heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.
- superlative. Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.
- superlative. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land.
- adverb. Soundly.
- noun. 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.
- transitive verb. To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.
- transitive verb. Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
- transitive verb. 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.
- intransitive verb. To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
- noun. 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.
- noun. 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.
- noun. 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.
- noun. Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else.
- intransitive verb. 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.
- intransitive verb. To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
- intransitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To causse to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn.
- transitive verb. To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To signify; to import; to denote.
- noun. the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
"the sound of rain on the roof"
"the beautiful sound of music"
- noun. the subjective sensation of hearing something
"he strained to hear the faint sounds"
- noun. the audible part of a transmitted signal
"they always raise the audio for commercials"
- noun. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
- noun. the sudden occurrence of an audible event
"the sound awakened them"
- noun. a large ocean inlet or deep bay
"the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast"
- noun. a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
- noun. mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
"falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them"
- verb. measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
- verb. utter with vibrating vocal chords
- verb. appear in a certain way
"This sounds interesting"
- verb. give off a certain sound or sounds
"This record sounds scratchy"
- verb. make a certain noise or sound
"She went `Mmmmm'"
"The gun went `bang'"
- verb. cause to sound
"sound the bell"
"sound a certain note"
- verb. announce by means of a sound
"sound the alarm"
- adjective. thorough
"a sound thrashing"
- adjective. (of sleep) deep and complete
"a heavy sleep"
"fell into a profound sleep"
- adjective. in excellent physical condition
"good teeth"
"I still have one good leg"
- adjective. exercising or showing good judgment
"healthy scepticism"
"a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"
- adjective. free from moral defect
"a man of sound character"
- adjective. financially secure and safe
"sound investments"
"a sound economy"
- adjective. in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay
"a sound timber"
"the wall is sound"
- adjective. having legal efficacy or force
"a sound title to the property"
- adjective. logically valid
"a sound argument"
Synonyms
audio, phone, strait, fathom, vocalise, vocalize, voice, go, heavy, profound, wakeless, good, healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, effectual, legal, reasoned
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sound:
Common word forms
sounds, sounded, sounder, soundly, soundest, soundful, sounding, soundable, soundless, soundness
Words from these letters
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