sound
     adj 1: financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound
            economy" [ant: {unsound}]
     2: 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" [syn: {healthy}, {intelligent}, {levelheaded}]
     3: in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; "a
        sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation"
        [ant: {unsound}]
     4: in excellent physical condition; "good teeth"; "I still have
        one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body" [syn: {good}]
     5: reflects weight of sound argument or evidence; "a sound
        argument" [syn: {reasoned}, {well-grounded}]
     6: having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the
        property" [syn: {legal}]
     7: free from moral defect; "a man of sound character"
     8: (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a
        profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
        [syn: {heavy}, {profound}, {wakeless}]
     9: thorough; "a sound thrashing"
     n 1: the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause;
          "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of
          music" [ant: {silence}]
     2: the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained
        to hear the faint sounds" [syn: {auditory sensation}]
     3: mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium;
        "falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one
        is there to hear them"
     4: the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound
        awakened them"
     5: the audible part of a transmitted signal; "they always raise
        the audio for commercials" [syn: {audio}]
     6: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without
        concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some
        language [syn: {phone}, {speech sound}]
     7: a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of
        water [syn: {strait}]
     8: a large ocean inlet or deep bay; "the main body of the sound
        ran parallel to the coast"
     adv : deeply or completely; "slept soundly through the storm"; "is
           sound asleep" [syn: {soundly}]
     v 1: appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting"
     2: make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun
        went `bang'" [syn: {go}]
     3: give off a certain sound or sounds; "This record sounds
        scratchy"
     4: announce by means of a sound; "sound the alarm"
     5: utter with vibrating vocal chords [syn: {voice}, {vocalize},
         {vocalise}] [ant: {devoice}]
     6: cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"
     7: measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
        [syn: {fathom}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0