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(sound) 
n.
v., sound·ed, sound·ing, sounds. v.intr.
sound2 (sound)
adj., sound·er, sound·est.
Thoroughly; deeply: sound asleep.
soundness sound'ness n.
n.
- Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing.
- Transmitted vibrations of any frequency.
- The sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or other medium.
- Such sensations considered as a group.
- A distinctive noise: a hollow sound.
- The distance over which something can be heard: within sound of my voice.
- Linguistics.
- An articulation made by the vocal apparatus: a vowel sound.
- The distinctive character of such an articulation: The words bear and bare have the same sound.
- A mental impression; an implication: didn't like the sound of the invitation.
- Auditory material that is recorded, as for a movie.
- Meaningless noise.
- Music. A distinctive style, as of an orchestra or a singer.
- Archaic. Rumor; report.
v., sound·ed, sound·ing, sounds. v.intr.
- To make or give forth a sound: The siren sounded.
- To be given forth as a sound: The fanfare sounded.
- To present a particular impression: That argument sounds reasonable.
- To cause to give forth or produce a sound: sounded the gong.
- To summon, announce, or signal by a sound: sound a warning.
- Linguistics. To articulate; pronounce: sound a vowel.
- To make known; celebrate: "Nations unborn your mighty names shall sound" (Alexander Pope).
- To examine (a body organ or part) by causing to emit sound; auscultate.
sound off
- To express one's views vigorously: was always sounding off about higher taxes.
- To count cadence when marching in military formation.
[Middle English soun, from Old French son, from Latin sonus.]
sound2 (sound)
adj., sound·er, sound·est.
- Free from defect, decay, or damage; in good condition.
- Free from disease or injury. See synonyms at healthy.
- Having a firm basis; unshakable: a sound foundation.
- Financially secure or safe: a sound economy.
- Based on valid reasoning: a sound observation. See synonyms at valid.
- Free from logical flaws: sound reasoning.
- Logic. Of or relating to an argument in which all the premises are true and the conclusion follows from the premises.
- Thorough; complete: a sound flogging.
- Deep and unbroken; undisturbed: a sound sleep.
- Free from moral defect; upright.
- Worthy of confidence; trustworthy.
- Marked by or showing common sense and good judgment; levelheaded: a sound approach to the problem.
- Compatible with an accepted point of view; conservative.
- Law. Legally valid.
Thoroughly; deeply: sound asleep.
[Middle English, from Old English gesund.]
soundly sound'ly adv.soundness sound'ness n.
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1. The primary meanings of the adjective, 'in good condition' and 'competent or reliable' have become weakened in informal British usage to produce a generalized sense 'excellent' or 'okay':
'Okay', he said...'Sound,' said Jimmy Sr.—Roddy Doyle, 1991
We were rescued by two sound geezers who only drove us 20 miles, but they saved our lives—Sunday Express, 1996.According to the recently added information in the Old English (up to 1150)D, it originated among Irish Liverpudlians who used the expression sound as a pound from the 1980s.
2. The adverb is confined to expressions to do with sleeping: sound asleep (How sound is she asleep! I must needs wake her, declares the nurse with double irony in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet iv.iv.35, 1597) and sleep (the) sounder (as in We can all sleep sounder in our beds tonight).
| soufflé, soprano, soon | |
| soundbite, southward, southwards, spadeful |
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Mechanical disturbance that propagates as a longitudinal wave through a solid, liquid, or gas. A sound wave is generated by a vibrating object. The vibrations cause alternating compressions (regions of crowding) and rarefactions (regions of scarcity) in the particles of the medium. The particles move back and forth in the direction of propagation of the wave. The speed of sound through a medium depends on the medium's elasticity, density, and temperature. In dry air at 32 F (0 C), the speed of sound is 1,086 feet (331 metres) per second. The frequency of a sound wave, perceived as pitch, is the number of compressions (or rarefactions) that pass a fixed point per unit time. The frequencies audible to the human ear range from approximately 20 hertz to 20 kilohertz. Intensity is the average flow of energy per unit time through a given area of the medium and is related to loudness. acoustics; ear; hearing; ultrasonics.
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Roget's Thesaurus:
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sound1
noun
- The sensation caused by vibrating wave motion that is perceived by the organs of hearing: noise, sonance. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.
- Range of audibility: earshot, hearing. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.
verb
- To have the appearance of: appear, look, seem. Idioms: strike one as (being). See surface/depth.
adjective
- In excellent condition: entire, flawless, good, intact, perfect, unblemished, unbroken, undamaged, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, unmarred, whole. See thrive/fail/exist.
- Having good health: fit1, hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, right, well2, whole, wholesome. Idioms: fit as a fiddle, hale and hearty, in fine fettle. See health/sickness.
- Not easily moved or shaken: firm1, secure, solid, stable, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure, unshakable. See continue/stop/pause, strong/weak.
- Based on good judgment, reasoning, or evidence: cogent, just, solid, tight, valid, well-founded, well-grounded. See good/bad, reason/unreason.
- Capable of being depended upon: dependable, reliable, responsible, solid, trustworthy, trusty. See trust/distrust.
- Possessing, proceeding from, or exhibiting good judgment and prudence: balanced, commonsensible, commonsensical, judicious, levelheaded, prudent, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, sensible, well-founded, well-grounded, wise1. See reason/unreason, sane/insane.
verb
- To test the attitude of. feel out, probe. Idioms: put out feelers, send up a trial balloon. See investigate.
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sound
adj
Definition: accepted, established
Antonyms: distrusted, flimsy, refused, rejected, unsound
adj
Definition: complete, healthy
Antonyms: incomplete, infirm, unfit, unhealthy, unreliable, unsound
adj
Definition: logical, reasonable
Antonyms: illogical, unbelievable, unfathomable, unreasonable, unreliable, unsound
n
Definition: something heard or audible
Antonyms: silence
v
Definition: produce noise
Antonyms: quiet
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v. 1. ascertain (the depth of water), typically by means of a line or pole or using sound echoes.
2. find the depth of water in (a ship's hold).
See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.
An oscillation in pressure of the atmosphere which is capable of being detected by the human ear.
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The immediate object of auditory perception, although the way we hear sounds is affected by such factors as their context or our own musical experience and understanding. Sounds share the problems of secondary qualities: does a tree falling alone in the forest make any sound? See primary/secondary qualities.
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sound, any disturbance that travels through an elastic medium such as air, ground, or water to be heard by the human ear. When a body vibrates, or moves back and forth (see vibration), the oscillation causes a periodic disturbance of the surrounding air or other medium that radiates outward in straight lines in the form of a pressure wave. The effect these waves produce upon the ear is perceived as sound. From the point of view of physics, sound is considered to be the waves of vibratory motion themselves, whether or not they are heard by the human ear.
Generation of Sound Waves
Sound waves are generated by any vibrating body. For example, when a violin string vibrates upon being bowed or plucked, its movement in one direction pushes the molecules of the air before it, crowding them together in its path. When it moves back again past its original position and on to the other side, it leaves behind it a nearly empty space, i.e., a space with relatively few molecules in it. In the meantime, however, the molecules which were at first crowded together have transmitted some of their energy of motion to other molecules still farther on and are returning to fill again the space originally occupied and now left empty by the retreating violin string. In other words, the vibratory motion set up by the violin string causes alternately in a given space a crowding together of the molecules of air (a condensation) and a thinning out of the molecules (a rarefaction). Taken together a condensation and a rarefaction make up a sound wave; such a wave is called longitudinal, or compressional, because the vibratory motion is forward and backward along the direction that the wave is following. Because such a wave travels by disturbing the particles of a material medium, sound waves cannot travel through a vacuum.
Characteristics of Sound Waves
Sounds are generally audible to the human ear if their frequency (number of vibrations per second) lies between 20 and 20,000 vibrations per second, but the range varies considerably with the individual. Sound waves with frequencies less than those of audible waves are called subsonic; those with frequencies above the audible range are called ultrasonic (see ultrasonics).
A sound wave is usually represented graphically by a wavy, horizontal line; the upper part of the wave (the crest) indicates a condensation and the lower part (the trough) indicates a rarefaction. This graph, however, is merely a representation and is not an actual picture of a wave. The length of a sound wave, or the wavelength, is measured as the distance from one point of greatest condensation to the next following it or from any point on one wave to the corresponding point on the next in a train of waves. The wavelength depends upon the velocity of sound in a given medium at a given temperature and upon the frequency of vibration. The wavelength of a sound can be determined by dividing the numerical value for the velocity of sound in the given medium at the given temperature by the frequency of vibration. For example, if the velocity of sound in air is 1,130 ft per second and the frequency of vibration is 256, then the wave length is approximately 4.4 ft.
The velocity of sound is not constant, however, for it varies in different media and in the same medium at different temperatures. For example, in air at 0°C. it is approximately 1,089 ft per second, but at 20°C. it is increased to about 1,130 ft per second, or an increase of about 2 ft per second for every centigrade degree rise in temperature. Sound travels more slowly in gases than in liquids, and more slowly in liquids than in solids. Since the ability to conduct sound is dependent on the density of the medium, solids are better conductors than liquids, liquids are better conductors than gases.
Sound waves can be reflected, refracted (or bent), and absorbed as light waves can be. The reflection of sound waves can result in an echo-an important factor in the acoustics of theaters and auditoriums. A sound wave can be reinforced with waves from a body having the same frequency of vibration, but the combination of waves of different frequencies of vibration may produce "beats" or pulsations or may result in other forms of interference.
Characteristics of Musical Sounds
Musical sounds are distinguished from noises in that they are composed of regular, uniform vibrations, while noises are irregular and disordered vibrations. Composers, however, frequently use noises as well as musical sounds. One musical tone is distinguished from another on the basis of pitch, intensity, or loudness, and quality, or timbre. Pitch describes how high or low a tone is and depends upon the rapidity with which a sounding body vibrates, i.e., upon the frequency of vibration. The higher the frequency of vibration, the higher the tone; the pitch of a siren gets higher and higher as the frequency of vibration increases. The apparent change in the pitch of a sound as a source approaches or moves away from an observer is described by the Doppler effect. The intensity or loudness of a sound depends upon the extent to which the sounding body vibrates, i.e., the amplitude of vibration. A sound is louder as the amplitude of vibration is greater, and the intensity decreases as the distance from the source increases. Loudness is measured in units called decibels. The sound waves given off by different vibrating bodies differ in quality, or timbre. A note from a saxophone, for instance, differs from a note of the same pitch and intensity produced by a violin or a xylophone; similarly vibrating reeds, columns of air, and strings all differ. Quality is dependent on the number and relative intensity of overtones produced by the vibrating body (see harmonic), and these in turn depend upon the nature of the vibrating body.
Bibliography
See G. Chedd, Sound (1970).
Barron's Law Dictionary:
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sound
Good physical condition; free from defects. See sane.
sound and disposing mind and memory
language often used in a will as a declaration by the testator that he had testamentary capacity when he executed the will.
sound body
free from disease or infirmity, 115 N.W. 869, 875.
sound mind
able to know and understand the nature of one’s acts, 181 S.W. 2d 369, 374; synonymous with testamentary capacity , 348 S.W. 2d 169, 172.
sound and disposing mind and memory
language often used in a will as a declaration by the testator that he had testamentary capacity when he executed the will.
sound body
free from disease or infirmity, 115 N.W. 869, 875.
sound mind
able to know and understand the nature of one’s acts, 181 S.W. 2d 369, 374; synonymous with testamentary capacity , 348 S.W. 2d 169, 172.
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sound
IN BRIEF: The form of energy that acts on the ears so that one can hear. Also: Valid or right.
Instruments sound sweetest when they are touched softest.
— John Lyly (1554-1606).
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Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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soundness
Having the capacity to perform the function for which the animal is about to be purchased or about to be accepted as an entrant in a contest. The expression is usually used with reference to horses. See also breeding soundness.
- s. certificate — a certificate setting out the identity of the animal, the client and the veterinarian, the date of the examination, the parts and functions examined, the abnormalities noted and the conclusion of the examining veterinarian as to the ability of the subject animal to perform the tasks expected of it.
- s. examination — a clinical, (including clinicopathological and radiological segments if appropriate) examination of an animal with a view to providing a certificate of soundness or suitability for sale.
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categories related to 'sound'
- Healthy, fit, bright, or strong
- Coastal Land, Islands, and the Sea - sound: passage between bodies of water; long inlet or arm of sea; water separating island from mainland
- Tools and Equipment - sound: rodlike surgical instrument with curved end, used to explore or dilate body structures
- Logic - sound: (adj) having premises that are true and a conclusion that is valid
- Modes and Manners of Expression - sound: utter or pronounce
- Sound, Hearing, and Deafness - sound: sensation produced by stimulation of organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through air or other medium; mechanical vibrations transmitted through an elastic medium that produce stimulation of organs of hearing; particular auditory effect thus produced; any noise, vocal utterance, or musical tone; (vb) make or emit a sound
- Moderate, Sane, Conservative, or Old-Fashioned
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Sound
Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - lyd, sund, sonde, svømmeblære
v. intr. - lyde
v. tr. - lade lyde, udtale, forkynde
idioms:
- sound barrier lydmur
- sound bite lydklip
- sound card lydkort
- sound effect lydeffekt
- sound engineer lydtekniker
- sound off kæfte op
- sound out sondere stemningen hos, sondere terrænet
- sound quality lydkvalitet
- sound recording lydoptagelse, lydgengivelse
- sound stage lydscene
- sound system lydsystem
- sound the alarm slå alarm
- sound the retreat blæse til tilbagetog
- sound track tonespor, tonebånd, lydspor
- sound wave lydbølge
2.
adj. - sund, rask, ubeskadiget
adv. - trygt
idioms:
- as sound as a bell sund og rask
- safe and sound i god behold
- sound asleep sove trygt
3.
v. tr. - lodde, pejle
v. intr. - foretage lodninger
n. - sonde
4.
n. - sund
Nederlands (Dutch)
geluid, klank, baai, gezond, stevig, diep, verantwoord, deugdelijk, steekhoudend, klinken, schallen, galmen, luiden, rinkelen, peilen
Français (French)
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n. - (Phys) son, (TV, Radio, Vidéo) son, bruit, volume/son, (Mus) style, impression
v. intr. - sembler, paraître, faire/paraître, avoir l'air, sonner, hurler, (Zool) plonger en profondeur
v. tr. - faire retentir, (Mus, Mil) sonner, (Ling) prononcer, (Méd) ausculter, sonder, (Rail) sonder, (Naut) sonder, donner l'alarme
idioms:
- not like the sound of ne dire rien (qui vaille), ne pas plaire, inquiéter
- sound barrier mur du son
- sound bite extrait d'une interview enregistrée
- sound card (Comput) carte son
- sound effect effet sonore
- sound engineer ingénieur du son
- sound off rebattre les oreilles aux gens (au sujet de)
- sound out sonder, interroger
- sound quality qualité du son
- sound recording (gén) enregistrement du son, (Cin) prise de son
- sound stage mise en scène
- sound system sono
- sound the alarm sonner l'alarme
- sound the retreat sonner la retraite
- sound track bande sonore
- sound wave onde sonore
2.
adj. - solide, sain, bon, avisé, crédible, (Fin, Comm) sûr (un investissement), bonne (raclée), sensé, de bon ton, (TV, Radio) du son
adv. - sûrement, solidement, sainement, de manière sensée
idioms:
- as sound as a bell en parfaite santé, solide comme un roc
- safe and sound sain et sauf
- sound asleep (dormir) à poings fermés
3.
v. tr. - mesurer/sonder la profondeur de (l'eau)
v. intr. - mesurer/sonder la profondeur de (l'eau)
n. - (Méd) sonde
4.
n. - (Géog) détroit
Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Geräusch, Klang, Laut, Schall, Ton, Sund
v. - klingen, ertönen
idioms:
- not like the sound of das hört sich nicht gut an
- sound barrier Schallmauer
- sound bite Kurzausschnitt aus einem aufgenommenen Interview
- sound card Soundkarte
- sound effect Geräuscheffekt
- sound engineer Toningenieur
- sound off herumerzählen
- sound out ausfragen, herausbekommen
- sound quality Tonqualität
- sound recording Tonaufnahme
- sound stage zur Tonaufnahme geeigneter Studioteil
- sound system Tonsystem
- sound the alarm Alarmanlage betätigen
- sound the retreat zum Rückzug blasen
- sound track Tonspur
- sound wave Schallwelle
2.
adj. - gesund, vernünftig, solide, gehörig
adv. - tief
idioms:
- as sound as a bell kerngesund, völlig intakt
- safe and sound wohlbehalten
- sound asleep in tiefem Schlaf
3.
v. - sondieren, erforschen
n. - Sund
4.
n. - Meerenge
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ήχος, θόρυβος, απόσταση ακοής, (γεωγρ.) πορθμός, (ιχθυολ.) νηκτικός ασκός
v. - παράγω ήχο, ηχώ, ακούγομαι, (για κουδούνι κ.λπ.) σημαίνω, εκστομίζω, προφέρω, βυθομετρώ, βολιδοσκοπώ, σφυγμομετρώ, (ιατρ.) ακροώμαι, στηθοσκοπώ
adj. - γερός, ανθεκτικός, βάσιμος, εύλογος, ορθός, σωστός, ακλόνητος, βαθύς, αδιατάρακτος, ενδεδειγμένος, βιώσιμος, αψεγάδιαστος, συντηρητικός, ορθόδοξος
adv. - (που κοιμάται) βαριά
idioms:
- as sound as a bell υγιέστατος, περδίκι
- safe and sound σώος και αβλαβής
- sound asleep βαθιά κοιμισμένος
- sound barrier (φυσ.) φράγμα (της ταχύτητας) του ήχου
- sound bite σύντομη δήλωση στα ΜΜΕ
- sound card (Η/Υ) κάρτα ήχου
- sound effect ηχητικό εφέ
- sound engineer τεχνικός ήχου
- sound off ξεσπάω, τα λέω χύμα και τσουβαλάτα, κάνω δηλώσεις
- sound out βολιδοσκοπώ
- sound quality ποιότητα ήχου
- sound recording ηχητική εγγραφή
- sound stage ηχομονωμένο στούντιο κινηματογράφησης
- sound system σύστημα ήχου
- sound the alarm χτυπώ συναγερμό
- sound the retreat (στρατ., μτφ.) σαλπίζω υποχώρηση
- sound track ηχοτροχιά (κινηματογραφικής κ.λπ. ταινίας), ηχητική μπάντα, μουσική επένδυση
- sound wave ηχητικό κύμα, κύμα ήχου
Italiano (Italian)
suonare, sondare, fortemente, suono, baia, sano, forte, ben ponderato, consistente, solido, fondato
idioms:
- safe and sound sano e salvo
- sound asleep profondamente addormentato
- sound barrier muro del suono
- sound bite battuta ad effetto, poche note
- sound effect effetto sonoro
- sound engineer tecnico del suono
- sound off esprimersi, lagnarsi
- sound out interrogare
- sound quality qualità sonora
- sound recording registrazione sonora
- sound stage studio di registrazione
- sound system sistema sonoro
- sound the retreat battere la ritirata
- sound track colonna sonora
- sound wave onda sonora
- the sound of il suono di
Português (Portuguese)
n. - som (m), tom (m), ruído (m)
v. - ressoar, bater, rufar
adj. - saudável, sadio (m), forte, integro (m)
adv. - profundamente
idioms:
- safe and sound são e salvo
- sound asleep dormir profundamente
- sound barrier barreira do som
- sound bite trecho de discurso político transmitido pela TV/rádio
- sound effect efeitos sonoros
- sound engineer engenharia do som
- sound off falar abertamente de maneira briguenta, contar cadência enquanto se marcha (mil.)
- sound out tentar aprender sobre a perspectiva de outros
- sound quality qualidade do som
- sound recording gravação de som, registro de som
- sound stage parte de um estúdio de filmagem onde a produção é feita
- sound system aparelhagem eletrônica, stereo
- sound the retreat bater em retirada
- sound track faixa sonora, trilha sonora
- sound wave onda sonora
Русский (Russian)
звук, шум, предел слышимости, звукозапись, зонд, звучать, извлекать звук, давать сигнал (звуковой), зондирование, создавать впечатление, произносить, зондировать, разузнавать, здоровый, доброкачественный, исправный, разумный, правильный, платежеспособный, законный
idioms:
- safe and sound цел и невредим, жив-здоров
- sound asleep крепко спящий
- sound barrier звуковой барьер
- sound bite отрывок из речи политического деятеля, передаваемый в новостях
- sound effect звуковой эффект
- sound engineer инженер звукозаписи, звукооператор, звукотехник
- sound off болтать, ораторствовать, громко жаловаться или возмущаться, критиковать, подавать сигнал, замолчать, заткнуться
- sound out дать понять, намекнуть, выведывать, разузнавать, зондировать
- sound quality качество звука
- sound recording звукозапись
- sound stage звуковой киносъемочный павильон, павильон звукозаписи, тонателье
- sound system система звукозаписи
- sound the retreat давать сигнал к отходу, давать отбой
- sound track фонограмма, звуковая дорожка
- sound wave звуковая волна
Español (Spanish)
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n. - sonido, ruido
v. intr. - sonar, tocar, hacer sonar, hacer ruido, resonar
v. tr. - sonar, tocar, tañer, pulsar
idioms:
- not like the sound of (fig) oler mal, tener malos presentimientos
- sound barrier barrera del sonido
- sound bite extracto de una entrevista grabada escogida por su causticidad
- sound card tarjeta de sonido
- sound effect efecto de sonido, efecto sonoro
- sound engineer ingeniero de sonido
- sound off declamar, arengar, protestar a voz en grito
- sound out interrogar, sondear, tantear, explorar
- sound quality calidad de sonido
- sound recording grabación sonora
- sound stage escenario en el cual se filma y graba una película
- sound system sistema de sonido
- sound the alarm dar la alarma, tocar a rebato
- sound the retreat batirse en retirada
- sound track banda sonora
- sound wave onda sonora
2.
adj. - sano, fuerte, sólido, bueno, seguro, resistente
adv. - gravemente, profundamente, sanamente, cuerdamente, sensatamente, sólidamente, firmemente, seguramente, vigorosamente
idioms:
- as sound as a bell más sano que una manzana, muy seguro
- safe and sound sano y salvo
- sound asleep profundamente dormido
3.
v. tr. - sondar, sondear
v. intr. - esparcirse, divulgarse, echar la sonda, sumergirse
n. - sonda, algalia
4.
n. - estrecho, brazo de mar
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ljud, ton, klang, sund
v. - ljuda, låta, blåsa, beordra, förkunna, sondera, pejla
adj. - frisk, fullgod, välgrundad
adv. - djupt, grundligt, med klokhet
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 声音, 响声, 喧闹声, 声, 音调, 发声, 响起, 听起来, 听上去, 发音, 被弄响, 被吹奏, 使发声, 使响起, 发...音, 通知, 敲击检查
idioms:
- as sound as a bell 十分健全
- safe and sound 安然无恙
- sound asleep 睡的很熟
- sound barrier 音障
- sound bite 新闻插播, 媒体隽语
- sound card 声卡
- sound effect 音效, 电影戏剧或广播节目中的人工仿造声音如打雷爆炸等
- sound engineer 录音师
- sound off 大发宏论
- sound out 试探
- sound quality 音效的质量
- sound recording 录音制品, 录音
- sound stage 摄影棚
- sound system 音响系统
- sound the alarm 发警报
- sound the retreat 发出撤退的信号
- sound track 声迹, 声带
- sound wave 声波, 音波
2. 健全的, 合理的, 可靠的, 彻底地, 充分地
3. 海峡, 海口, 海湾, 河口
4. 测...的水深, 试探, 探听, 测水深, 探测, 调查, 探针
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 聲音, 響聲, 喧鬧聲, 聲, 音調
v. intr. - 發聲, 響起, 聽起來, 聽上去, 發音, 被弄響, 被吹奏
v. tr. - 使發聲, 使響起, 發...音, 通知, 敲擊檢查
idioms:
- as sound as a bell 十分健全
- safe and sound 安然無恙
- sound asleep 睡的很熟
- sound barrier 音障
- sound bite 新聞插播, 媒體雋語
- sound card 音效卡
- sound effect 音效, 電影戲劇或廣播節目中的人工仿造聲音如打雷爆炸等
- sound engineer 錄音師
- sound off 大發宏論
- sound out 試探
- sound quality 音效的質量
- sound recording 錄音製品, 錄音
- sound stage 攝影棚
- sound system 音響系統
- sound the alarm 發警報
- sound the retreat 發出撤退的信號
- sound track 聲跡, 聲帶
- sound wave 聲波, 音波
2.
n. - 海峽, 海口, 海灣, 河口
3.
adj. - 健全的, 合理的, 可靠的
adv. - 徹底地, 充分地
4.
v. tr. - 測...的水深, 試探, 探聽
v. intr. - 測水深, 探測, 調查
n. - 探針
한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 소리, (말 따위의) 인상, 들리는 범위
v. intr. - 소리가 들리다, ~에 관계하고 있다, 전해지다
v. tr. - 소리를 내다, (소리로) 알리다, (벽, 레일 등을) 두드려 조사하다
idioms:
- sound off 지껄이기 시작하다, 큰소리로 말하다
- sound out 탐지하다, 알아내다
2.
adj. - 건강한, 안정된, 견고하고 튼튼한
adv. - 충분히, 잘
idioms:
- as sound as a bell 매우 건장하여
3.
v. tr. - (물 깊이를) 재다, 탐침을 넣어 진찰하다, ~의 속을 떠보다
v. intr. - 수심을 재다, (측연 등이) 바닥에 닿다, 가능성을 타진하다
n. - (외과용) 소식자, 탐침
4.
n. - 좁은 해협, 후미, (물고기의) 부레
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 鳴る, 響く, 聞こえる, 発音する, 知らせる, たたいて調べる, 打診する, 水深を測る, 意向を探る
adj. - 健全な, 傷んでいない, 理にかなった, 堅実な, 十分な, 思う存分の
n. - 音, 音響, 騒音, ざわめき, 感じ, 調子, 海峡, 入り江
adv. - ぐっすりと
idioms:
- as sound as a bell 実に健康で
- sound a note 音で知らせる
- sound asleep 熟睡して
- sound barrier 音の障壁
- sound bite 一口宣伝効果
- sound effect 音響効果
- sound engineer 音響技師
- sound off 大声で言う, 勝手にまくしたてる
- sound out 考えを探る
- sound quality 音質
- sound recording 録音
- sound stage サウンドステージ
- sound system 音響再生装置
- sound the alarm 警報音
- sound the retreat 後退の合図
- sound track サウンドトラック, 映画音楽
- sound wave 音波
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) ألمثانه ألهوائيه, مضيق, مغزى, ضجه, صوت (فعل) يتردد, يصوت, يغوص " ألحوت أو ألسمكه " فجأة, يلفظ, يذيع (صفه) معتمد, تام, شرعي, ثابت, صحيح, سليم (ظرف) على نحو عميق, على نحو ثابت
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - קול, צליל, נימה, הגה, אות
v. intr. - נשמע, יצר רושם, האזין
v. tr. - יצר רושם, צלצל, השמיע, תקע, בדק, ביטא, פרסם
adj. - בריא, שלם, חסון, חזק, הגיוני, שפוי, שקול, מבוסס, יעיל
adv. - באופן הגיוני, באופן שקול, באופן מבוסס, באופן מוצק
v. tr. - מדד עומק (המים), ערך בדיקות לחולה, בדק
v. intr. - מדד עומק (המים), בדק (ע"י כדור פורח), צלל (דג)
n. - מחדר - מכשיר-בדיקה ניתוחי, בד"כ עם קצה עקום וקהה
n. - מיצר, מיצר-ים
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