| noun | the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause “the sound of rain on the roof” |
| noun | the subjective sensation of hearing something “he strained to hear the faint sounds” |
| noun | mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium “falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them” |
| noun | the sudden occurrence of an audible event “the sound awakened them” |
| noun | the audible part of a transmitted signal “they always raise the audio for commercials” |
| noun | (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language |
| noun | a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water |
| noun | a large ocean inlet or deep bay “the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast” |
| verb | appear in a certain way “This sounds interesting” |
| verb | make a certain noise or sound “She went `Mmmmm'” |
| verb | give off a certain sound or sounds “This record sounds scratchy” |
| verb | announce by means of a sound “sound the alarm” |
| verb | utter with vibrating vocal chords |
| verb | cause to sound “sound the bell” |
| verb | measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line |
| adjective | financially secure and safe “sound investments” |
| adjective | exercising or showing good judgment “healthy scepticism” |
| adjective | in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay “a sound timber” |
| adjective | in excellent physical condition “good teeth” |
| adjective | logically valid “a sound argument” |
| adjective | having legal efficacy or force “a sound title to the property” |
| adjective | free from moral defect “a man of sound character” |
| adjective | (of sleep) deep and complete “a heavy sleep” |
| adjective | thorough “a sound thrashing” |
| sound | verb | cause to sound |
| phonic | adjective | relating to speech |
| phonetic | adjective | of or relating to speech sounds |
| phonate | verb | utter speech sounds |
| sound | noun | the audible part of a transmitted signal |
| voice | noun | the ability to speak |
| sonant | noun | a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords |
| vocalization | noun | the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract |
| vocalizer | noun | an organism that can utter vocal sounds |
| vocalisation | noun | the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract |
| vocaliser | noun | an organism that can utter vocal sounds |
| fathom | noun | a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth |
| sounder | noun | a device for making soundings |
| sounding | noun | a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line |
| soundness | noun | a state or condition free from damage or decay |
| legality | noun | lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute |
| profoundness | noun | extremeness of degree |