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