sound

Definitions


[saʊnd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear
(e.g: light travels faster than sound)

- sound produced by continuous and regular vibrations, as opposed to noise

- music, speech, and sound effects when recorded and used to accompany a film, video, or broadcast
(e.g: a sound studio)

- an idea or impression conveyed by words
(e.g: you've had a hard day, by the sound of it)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English soun, from Anglo-Norman French soun (noun), suner (verb), from Latin sonus. The form with -d was established in the 16th century


[saʊnd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- emit or cause to emit sound
(e.g: a loud buzzer sounded)

- convey a specified impression when heard
(e.g: he sounded worried)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English soun, from Anglo-Norman French soun (noun), suner (verb), from Latin sonus. The form with -d was established in the 16th century


[saʊnd], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- in good condition; not damaged, injured, or diseased
(e.g: they returned safe and sound)

- based on valid reason or good judgement
(e.g: sound advice for healthy living)

- (of sleep) deep and undisturbed
(e.g: a doze that deepened into a sound sleep)

- (of a beating) severe
(e.g: such people should be given a sound thrashing)


Phrases:
- of sound mind

Origin:
Middle English: from Old English gesund, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch gezond and German gesund


[saʊnd], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- soundly
(e.g: he was sound asleep)


Phrases:
- of sound mind

Origin:
Middle English: from Old English gesund, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch gezond and German gesund


[saʊnd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- ascertain (the depth of water in the sea, a lake, or a river), typically by means of a line or pole or using sound echoes
(e.g: Mr Pattison was sounding the depth of the water with a pole)

- question (someone) discreetly or cautiously so as to ascertain their opinions on a subject
(e.g: we'll sound out parliament first)

- examine (a person's bladder or other internal cavity) with a long surgical probe

- (especially of a whale) dive down steeply to a great depth
(e.g: he sounded, arching his back steeply and raising his rubbery flukes in the air)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French sonder, based on Latin sub- ‘below’ + unda ‘wave’


[saʊnd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a long surgical probe, typically with a curved, blunt end


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French sonder, based on Latin sub- ‘below’ + unda ‘wave’


[saʊnd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a narrow stretch of water forming an inlet or connecting two wider areas of water such as two seas or a sea and a lake
(e.g: a small rowing boat came from the south on its way into the sound)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse sund ‘swimming, strait’; related to swim




definition by Oxford Dictionaries