Sound

/ˈsaʊ̯nd/ · adjective

Meaning

Healthy..

Definitions by Sense

1. Healthy.
2. Complete, solid, or secure.
3. (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
4. (British, Ireland, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
5. (of sleep) Quiet and deep.
6. Heavy; laid on with force.
7. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
8. Soundly.

Example Sentences

He was safe and sound.

In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work.

on the 29th of September 1840, in consideration that the plaintiff, at the request of the defendant, had bought of the defendant a certain horse, at a certain price, to wit, 30l., the defendant promised plaintiff that the horse did not exceed five years off, and that it was sound in wind and limb, perfect in vision, and free from vice; […]

Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.

The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams, / And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound.

Refurbishing Okehampton station, kept basically sound under ownership by Devon Council, remains a work in progress and scheduled for completion next spring.

With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]

How are you? —I'm sound.

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Word Forms

• sounder
• soundest
• soune
• sownd
• sowne
• more sound
• most sound
• sounds
• sounding
• sounded

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