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Healthy.

Complete, solid, or secure.

(mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.

(British, Ireland, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.

(of sleep) Quiet and deep.

Heavy; laid on with force.

Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.

Soundly.

(British, Ireland, slang) Yes; (used to show agreement or understanding.)

A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.

A vibration capable of causing such sensations.

(music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.

Noise without meaning; empty noise.

Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.

(phonetics) A segment as a part of spoken language, the smallest unit of spoken language, a speech sound.

To produce a sound.

To convey an impression by one's sound.

To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.

(obsolete) To resound.

(law) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy.

To cause to produce a sound.

(phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.

(geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.

The air bladder of a fish.

Of a whale, to dive downwards.

To ascertain, or to try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.

To fathom or test; to ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.

(medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.

(medicine) A long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde.