What is the meaning of SOUND. Phrases containing SOUND
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very good, can also be longer "Sound as a pound up a tree top tall etc" still used today in parts of the midlands
Safe and sound is London Cockney rhyming slang for ground.
Sounds was mid−th century slang for tunes or music.
the tegument covering the back bone of a codfish on the inside (the sond bone). Sounds are often stripped off the bones when fish are split, salted and dried for food. Their textgure is tougher than the rest of the fish
Soundo is slang for sound asleep.
Sounding is Black−American slang for flirting
Measuring the depth of the water. Traditionally done by swinging the lead, now commonly by using a hull mounted echo sounder.
Sound on is American slang for taunt, criticise.
Sound is slang for O.K., wonderful.Sound is slang for music, especially rock, jazz, or pop.
Noun. Tunes or music. E.g."Have you brought any new sounds for tonight's party."
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Dues for soundings.
n.
The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning or argument; soundness of faith.
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To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported; to publish or proclaim; as, to sound the praises of fame of a great man or a great exploit.
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measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained.
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A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.
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To order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or sounds; to give a signal for by a certain sound; as, to sound a retreat; to sound a parley.
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Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in the plural.
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Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable.
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A sounding-board.
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To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the same to emit sounds and noting their character; as, to sound a piece of timber; to sound a vase; to sound the lungs of a patient.
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Having no sound; noiseless; silent.
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To causse to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn.
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See Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise.
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To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument.
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In a sound manner.
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The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
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Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words.
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The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs).
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Capable of being sounded.
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One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.
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