Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)soundthe particular auditory effect produced by a given cause“the sound of rain on the roof”,
“the beautiful sound of music” (n)soundmechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium“falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them” (n)soundthe sudden occurrence of an audible event“the sound awakened them” (n)audio, soundthe audible part of a transmitted signal“they always raise the audio for commercials” (n)phone, speech sound, sound(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language (n)strait, sounda narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water (n)sounda large ocean inlet or deep bay“the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast” Verbs
(v)soundappear in a certain way“This sounds interesting” (v)sound, gomake a certain noise or sound“She went ‘Mmmmm’”,
“The gun went ‘bang’” (v)soundgive off a certain sound or sounds“This record sounds scratchy” (v)soundannounce by means of a sound“sound the alarm” (v)soundcause to sound“sound the bell”,
“sound a certain note” (v)fathom, soundmeasure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line Adjectives
(a)soundfinancially secure and safe“sound investments”,
“a sound economy” (s)healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, soundexercising 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” (a)soundin good condition; free from defect or damage or decay“a sound timber”,
“the wall is sound”,
“a sound foundation” (s)good, soundin excellent physical condition“good teeth”,
“I still have one good leg”,
“a sound mind in a sound body” (s)soundvigorous or severe“a sound thrashing” (s)soundfree from moral defect“a man of sound character” (s)heavy, profound, sound, wakeless(of sleep) deep and complete“a heavy sleep”,
“fell into a profound sleep”,
“a sound sleeper”,
“deep wakeless sleep” (s)soundcomplete; thorough“politicians have no sound grasp of technology issues”,
“he has a sound understanding of the law” 