in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay
<adj.all> a sound timber the wall is sound a sound foundation
exercising or showing good judgment
<adj.all> 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 advice no sound explanation for his decision
in excellent physical condition
<adj.all> good teeth I still have one good leg a sound mind in a sound body
logically valid
<adj.all> a sound argument
having legal efficacy or force
<adj.all> a sound title to the property
free from moral defect
<adj.all> a man of sound character
(of sleep) deep and complete
<adj.all> a heavy sleep fell into a profound sleep a sound sleeper deep wakeless sleep
thorough
<adj.all> a sound thrashing
Sound \Sound\, n. [AS. sund a swimming, akin to E. swim. See {Swim}.] The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
Sound \Sound\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A cuttlefish. [Obs.] --Ainsworth.
Sound \Sound\, a. [Compar. {Sounder}; superl. {Soundest}.] [OE. sound, AS. sund; akin to D. gezond, G. gesund, OHG. gisunt, Dan. & Sw. sund, and perhaps to L. sanus. Cf. {Sane}.] 1. Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship.
2. Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; -- said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding.
3. Firm; strong; safe.
The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams, And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound. --Chapman.
4. Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound thinker.
Do not I know you a favorer Of this new seat? Ye are nor sound. --Shak.
5. 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.
Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me. --2 Tim. i. 13.
6. heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.
7. Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.
8. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land.
Note: Sound is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sound-headed, sound-hearted, sound-timbered, etc.
{Sound currency} (Com.), a currency whose actual value is the same as its nominal value; a currency which does not deteriorate or depreciate or fluctuate in comparision with the standard of values.
Sound \Sound\, n. [OE. soun, OF. son, sun, F. son, fr. L. sonus akin to Skr. svana sound, svan to sound, and perh. to E. swan. Cf. {Assonant}, {Consonant}, {Person}, {Sonata}, {Sonnet}, {Sonorous}, {Swan}.] 1. 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.
The warlike sound Of trumpets loud and clarions. --Milton.
2. 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.
Note: In this sense, sounds are spoken of as audible and inaudible.
3. Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else.
Sense and not sound . . . must be the principle. --Locke.
{Sound boarding}, boards for holding pugging, placed in partitions of under floors in order to deaden sounds.
{Sound bow}, in a series of transverse sections of a bell, that segment against which the clapper strikes, being the part which is most efficacious in producing the sound. See Illust. of {Bell}.
{Sound post}. (Mus.) See {Sounding post}, under {Sounding}.
Sound \Sound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sounding}.] [F. sonder; cf. AS. sundgyrd a sounding rod, sundline a sounding line (see {Sound} a narrow passage of water).] 1. To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.
2. Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
I was in jest, And by that offer meant to sound your breast. --Dryden.
I've sounded my Numidians man by man. --Addison.
3. (Med.) 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.
Sound \Sound\, adv. Soundly.
So sound he slept that naught might him awake. --Spenser.
Sound \Sound\, v. i. To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
I sound as a shipman soundeth in the sea with his plummet to know the depth of sea. --Palsgrave.
Sound \Sound\, n. [AS. sund a narrow sea or strait; akin to Icel., Sw., Dan. & G. sund, probably so named because it could be swum across. See {Swim}.] (Geog.) 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.
The Sound of Denmark, where ships pay toll. --Camden.
{Sound dues}, tolls formerly imposed by Denmark on vessels passing through the Baltic Sound.
Sound \Sound\, n. [F. sonde. See {Sound} to fathom.] (Med.) 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.
Sound \Sound\, v. i. [OE. sounen, sownen, OF. soner, suner, F. sonner, from L. sonare. See {Sound} a noise.] 1. 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. ``And first taught speaking trumpets how to sound.'' --Dryden.
How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues! --Shak.
2. To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
From you sounded out the word of the Lord. --1 Thess. i. 8.
3. 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.
Good sir, why do you start, and seem to fear Things that do sound so fair? --Shak.
{To sound in} or {To sound into}, to tend to; to partake of the nature of; to be consonant with. [Obs., except in the phrase To sound in damages, below.]
Soun[d]ing in moral virtue was his speech. --Chaucer.
{To sound in damages} (Law), to have the essential quality of damages. This is said of an action brought, not for the recovery of a specific thing, as replevin, etc., but for damages only, as trespass, and the like.
Sound \Sound\, v. t. 1. To cause to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn; to sound an alarm.
A bagpipe well could he play and soun[d]. --Chaucer.
2. To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument.
3. 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.
The clock sounded the hour of noon. --G. H. Lewes.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. To signify; to import; to denote. [Obs.] --Milton.
Soun[d]ing alway the increase of his winning. --Chaucer.
That may sound like bluster - but it is a brave person who ignores it.
Ferguson sought to reassure investors and customers after the double-dose of negative news by issuing a statement promising, "Our business and that of our constituent institutions is sound.
Bush, who is promising a balanced budget for 1993 while vowing to cut taxes and increase some spending along the way, has stayed vague enough to sound almost plausible.
But Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier, has worked for the past six years as a consultant to Northrop Corp. of California, a competitor of General Dynamics Corp.
Hotel manager Gary Cooper said the sound of the first explosion awakened him.
Yet the IFC has been able to put together sound investments in both continents and in the past two years we have made more than 100 investments in projects costing about $5 billion.
The thud of exploding shells and whooshing sound of rockets echoed across Beirut as Syrian gunners opened up on the Christian-controlled coast north of the capital.
The report concludes that "our vast investment in El Salvador has brought neither peace nor political stability nor a sound economy.
Though he believes Network remains "sound," he has cut his revenue estimates for the current year to $210 million, from $230 million because of concern over the declining revenue from IBM.
Most reveled with the sound of African drumbeats, Jamaican reggae and American jazz.
Oil now covers 1,000 square miles, leaking out of the sound to foul beaches along the Gulf of Alaska and Cook Inlet.
"We found that the markets are essentially stable and sound, and that they are not `tilted' against the individual investor," said General Motors Corp.
T. Marshall Hahn Jr., chairman and chief executive officer, said the company's overall business was sound, reflecting healthy demand for pulp and paper products, but he said earnings were affected by weak plywood and lumber prices.
State officials have identified more than 50 beaches in the sound that need to be cleaned.
The singing is assured, even relieved, the sound of three wise women gratified to still be together.
Budget committee members and staffs of both parties have been meeting in efforts to sound out differences and forge preliminary agreements.
Just when teacher union chief Albert Shanker was starting to sound like a mellowed elder statesman, the old firebrand re-emerged with an attack on school boards and administrators he accuses of impeding reform.
The graphics are as crisp as those of the best Super NES games, but the game lacks Nintendo's most advanced effects: There are fewer moving objects on the screen, the backgrounds are flatter and the sound is not nearly as complex or varied.
A lawyer for Bellshire United Methodist Church said the church had turned down the carillon to 50 percent of its power and was preparing to move its speakers higher on the steeple to further reduce the sound.
They said the house shook and there was a sound like thunder. "We thought it was an earthquake," they told authorities.
The loud, rattling sound of the last gobble and the hissing noise of dragging wing tips told him the tom was close.
If necessary, he can tell the strings exactly what he wants in terms of "how much bow to use in a piano or a forte, how much more air I need so the sound has more flexibility."
Other elements of the year's budget clash should sound familiar.
But when the right technology is combined with a business model that has demonstrated success through continued growth in markets, sales and profits, you have a sound base on which to develop an indigenous flat panel display industry.
More will follow. In addition Mr Clarke may soon sound the death knell for some of the six pits which British Coal said this week would be mothballed.
Complaints and Mice Are Up at Amtrak THE COMPLAINTS sound familiar: lousy service, long delays and mechanical breakdowns.
The United States is contributing a $200 million grant to the stabilization fund, intended to help put Poland's currency on a sound footing.
The crowd fell silent at the sound of the pitch hitting Conigliaro's face, recalled Dick Dew, who was a sportswriter covering the game.
He also corroborated a defense claim that ships regularly navigate the sound without licensed pilots on board.
The state has a crucial role in providing the necessary environment for such networks to thrive: not least, an educated and flexible workforce and sound public infrastructure.