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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Complete, solid, or secure.
  • British|slang Good or a good thing.
  • Healthy.
  • logic argument|logical system having the soundness property.
  • sound asleep; quietly resting, sleeping peacefully; undisturbed

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Noun:

  • A probe (e.g. a surgeon's tool)
  • A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium. (''He turned when he heard the '''sound''' of footsteps behind him.'')
  • A vibration capable of causing this.
  • geography: Long narrow inlet. (Puget Sound, Owen Sound, etc.)
  • music A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc

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Verb:

  • copulative To convey an impression by one's sound.
  • intransitive: dive downwards, used of a whale.
  • legal To arise or to be recognizable as arising within a particular area of law.
  • intransitive To produce a sound.
  • phonetics To pronounce a vowel or a consonant.
  • test
  • transitive: probe
  • transitive To cause to produce a sound.

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