sound
/ˈsaʊ̯nd/ adjective B2- Healthy. · 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.
- Complete, solid, or secure. · Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.
- Having the property of soundness.
- Quiet and deep. · Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, and often deeply.· Her sleep was sound.
- Heavy; laid on with force. · a sound beating
- Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective. · a sound title to land
Comparative sounder · Superlative soundest
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Faintly sound the falling feet;
Where all who loiter slumber sound.
The Antipathies, I think—” (she was rather glad there _was_ no one listening, this time, as it didn’t sound at all the right word) “—but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know.
She waited for some time without hearing anything more: at last came a rumbling of little cartwheels, and the sound of a good many voices all talking together: she made out the words: “Where’s the other ladder?—Why, I hadn’t to bring but one; Bill’s got the other—Bill!
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- sound Soundly. C2
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- sound out To question and listen attentively in order to ...
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