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sound as in appear in a certain way
  • This sounds interesting
sound as in make a certain noise or sound
  • She went `Mmmmm’
  • The gun went `bang’

Synonyms

  • go functioning correctly and ready for action; a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine ; a usually brief attempt; a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; change location; follow a procedure or take a course; move away from a place into another direction; enter or assume a certain state or condition; be awarded; have a particular form; stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; follow a certain course; be abolished or discarded; be or continue to be in a certain condition; make a certain noise or sound; perform as expected when applied; to be spent or finished; progress by being changed; continue to live and avoid dying; pass, fare, or elapse; pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; be in the right place or situation; be ranked or compare; begin or set in motion; have a turn; be contained in; be sounded, played, or expressed; blend or harmonize; lead, extend, or afford access; be the right size or shape; go through in search of something; be spent; give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number; stop operating or functioning
sound as in give off a certain sound or sounds
  • This record sounds scratchy
sound as in announce by means of a sound
  • sound the alarm
sound as in utter with vibrating vocal chords

    Synonyms

    • voice give voice to; utter with vibrating vocal chords ; the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person’s speech; the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance; expressing in coherent verbal form; a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated; something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression; (metonymy) a singer; an advocate who represents someone else’s policy or purpose; the ability to speak; (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes ; the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
    • vocalize utter with vibrating vocal chords ; sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel ; pronounce as a vowel; express or state clearly ; utter speech sounds
    • vocalise sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel ; pronounce as a vowel; express or state clearly ; utter with vibrating vocal chords ; utter speech sounds
    sound as in cause to sound
    • sound the bell
    • sound a certain note
    sound as in measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

      Synonyms

      • fathom come to understand ; measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line ; a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth ; (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore
      sound as in financially secure and safe
      • sound investments
      • a sound economy
      sound as in 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 advice
      • no sound explanation for his decision

      Synonyms

      • healthy having or indicating good health in body or mind; financially secure and functioning well; promoting health; exercising or showing good judgment; large in amount or extent or degree
      • intelligent having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; possessing sound knowledge; exercising or showing good judgment; endowed with the capacity to reason
      • levelheaded exercising or showing good judgment
      • level-headed exercising or showing good judgment
      sound as in in good condition
      • free from defect or damage or decay
      • a sound timber
      • the wall is sound
      • a sound foundation
      sound as in in excellent physical condition
      • good teeth
      • I still have one good leg
      • a sound mind in a sound body

      Synonyms

      • good (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good’ is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well’); completely and absolutely (`good’ is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly’); benefit; moral excellence or admirableness; that which is pleasing or valuable or useful; articles of commerce ; having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; having the normally expected amount; morally admirable ; deserving of esteem and respect; promoting or enhancing well-being; agreeable or pleasing; of moral excellence; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; thorough; with or in a close or intimate relationship; financially safe; most suitable or right for a particular purpose; resulting favorably; exerting force or influence; capable of pleasing; appealing to the mind; in excellent physical condition; tending to promote physical well-being; not forged; not left to spoil; generally admired
      sound as in logically valid
      • a sound argument

      Synonyms

      • reasoned logically valid
      • well-grounded logically valid
      sound as in having legal efficacy or force
      • a sound title to the property

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      • legal established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules ; of or relating to jurisprudence; having legal efficacy or force; relating to or characteristic of the profession of law; allowed by official rules
      • effectual producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; having legal efficacy or force
      sound as in vigorous or severe
      • a sound thrashing
      sound as in free from moral defect
      • a man of sound character
      sound as in (of sleep) deep and complete
      • a heavy sleep
      • fell into a profound sleep
      • a sound sleeper
      • deep wakeless sleep

      Synonyms

      • heavy slowly as if burdened by much weight; an actor who plays villainous roles ; a serious (or tragic) role in a play ; of comparatively great physical weight or density; unusually great in degree or quantity or number; of the military or industry; marked by great psychological weight; usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it ; (used of soil) compact and fine-grained; darkened by clouds; of great intensity or power or force; (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; of relatively large extent and density; made of fabric having considerable thickness; prodigious; full and loud and deep; given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; of great gravity or crucial import; slow and laborious because of weight; large and powerful; dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; sharply inclined; full of; requiring or showing effort; characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; lacking lightness or liveliness; (of sleep) deep and complete; in an advanced stage of pregnancy
      • profound showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth; of the greatest intensity; far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something; coming from deep within one; (of sleep) deep and complete; situated at or extending to great depth
      • wakeless (of sleep) deep and complete
      sound as in complete
      • thorough
      • politicians have no sound grasp of technology issues
      • he has a sound understanding of the law
      sound as in the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
      • the sound of rain on the roof
      • the beautiful sound of music
      sound as in the subjective sensation of hearing something
      • he strained to hear the faint sounds

      Synonyms

      • auditory sensation the subjective sensation of hearing something
      sound as in mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
      • falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them
      sound as in the sudden occurrence of an audible event
      • the sound awakened them
      sound as in the audible part of a transmitted signal
      • they always raise the audio for commercials

      Synonyms

      • audio the audible part of a transmitted signal; an audible acoustic wave frequency ; a recording of acoustic signals ; the sound elements of television
      sound as in (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

        Synonyms

        • phone get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language ; electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds
        • speech sound (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
        sound as in a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

          Synonyms

          • strait narrow; a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water ; a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
          sound as in a large ocean inlet or deep bay
          • the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast