sound in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
sound in Hindi हिन्दी
sound in Malayalam മലയാളം
sound in English
- sound⇄adj. 1. free from disease; healthy.
Ex. a sound body, a sound mind.
(SYN) robust.
2. free from injury, decay, or defect; in good condition.
Ex. sound walls, a sound ship, sound fruit.
(SYN) uninjured, intact, flawless. - sound⇄adv. deeply; profoundly.
Ex. The tired boy slept long and sound.
(SYN) thoroughly. - sound⇄expr. sound off, (U.S. Informal.)
a. to talk frankly or complain loudly.
Ex. He would sound off on domestic and international issues as he sees fit (Wall Street Journal).
b. to give one's name, serial number, or other response, especi - sound⇄expr. within sound, near enough to hear.
Ex. The incoming train was within sound when we reached the railroad station. - sound⇄noun (Medicine.) a long, slender instrument used in examining body cavities.
- sound⇄noun 1. that which is or can be heard; sensation perceived in the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or some other medium.
Ex. The birds fill the woods with tuneful sound.
2. the energy in the form of vibrations caus - sound⇄sound (1), noun, verb.
- sound⇄sound (2), adjective, adverb.
- sound⇄sound (3), verb, noun.
- sound⇄sound (4), noun.
1. long, narrow strip of water joining two larger bodies of water, or between the mainland and an island.
Ex. Long Island Sound.
2. an inlet or arm of the sea.
Ex. Puget Sound.
(SYN) firth. - sound⇄sound (5), noun.
a sac in fishes, containing air or gas, that helps them in floating; air bladder. - sound⇄v.i. 1. to make a sound or noise.
Ex. The wind sounds like an animal howling. The alarm began to sound. The whistle of the locomotive ... sounding like the scream of a hawk sailing over some farmer's yard (Thoreau).
2. to be pronounced.sound⇄v.i. 1. to use a sounding device, such as a line and weight, to determine depth or the nature of the bottom of the sea.
Ex. Men went overboard with pails ... sounding for deeper water (Daniel Defoe).
2. to sink and reach bottom, as the weighsound⇄v.t. 1. to cause to make a sound.
Ex. Sound the trumpets; beat the drums (Thomas Morell).
2. to give forth (a sound).
Ex. When winter's roar Sounded o'er earth and sea its blast of war (Shelley).
3. to announce, order, or directsound⇄v.t. 1a. to measure the depth of (water) by letting down a weight fastened on the end of a line, or by some other means; fathom.
Ex. to sound the channel in order to keep a boat in deep water.
b. to measure (depth) in this way.
2. to