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sound⋅er

1  [soun-der]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that makes a sound or noise, or sounds something.
2. Telegraphy. an instrument for receiving telegraphic impulses that emits the sounds from which the message is read.
Origin:
1585–95; sound 1 + -er 1
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sound⋅er

2  [soun-der]
–noun
a person or thing that sounds depth, as of water.
Origin:
1565–75; sound 3 + -er 1

sound

2  [sound] adjective, -er, -est, adverb
–adjective
1. free from injury, damage, defect, disease, etc.; in good condition; healthy; robust: a sound heart; a sound mind.
2. financially strong, secure, or reliable: a sound business; sound investments.
3. competent, sensible, or valid: sound judgment.
4. having no defect as to truth, justice, wisdom, or reason: sound advice.
5. of substantial or enduring character: sound moral values.
6. following in a systematic pattern without any apparent defect in logic: sound reasoning.
7. uninterrupted and untroubled; deep: sound sleep.
8. vigorous, thorough, or severe: a sound thrashing.
9. free from moral defect or weakness; upright, honest, or good; honorable; loyal.
10. having no legal defect: a sound title to property.
11. theologically correct or orthodox, as doctrines or a theologian.
–adverb
12. deeply; thoroughly: sound asleep.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME sund, OE gesund (see y- ); c. D gezond, G gesund

Related forms:
soundly, adverb
soundness, noun

Synonyms:
1. unharmed, whole, hale, unbroken, hardy. 2. solvent. 4, 6. valid, rational, logical.
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sound 2   (sound)   
adj.   sound·er, sound·est

  1. Free from defect, decay, or damage; in good condition.

  2. Free from disease or injury. See Synonyms at healthy.

  3. Having a firm basis; unshakable: a sound foundation.

  4. Financially secure or safe: a sound economy.

    1. Based on valid reasoning: a sound observation. See Synonyms at valid.

    2. Free from logical flaws: sound reasoning.

    3. Logic Of or relating to an argument in which all the premises are true and the conclusion follows from the premises.

  6. Thorough; complete: a sound flogging.

  7. Deep and unbroken; undisturbed: a sound sleep.

  8. Free from moral defect; upright.

  9. Worthy of confidence; trustworthy.

  10. Marked by or showing common sense and good judgment; levelheaded: a sound approach to the problem.

  11. Compatible with an accepted point of view; conservative.

  12. Law Legally valid.

adv.  Thoroughly; deeply: sound asleep.

[Middle English, from Old English gesund.]
sound'ly adv., sound'ness n.
sound·er 1   (soun'dər)   
n.  One that makes a sound: a sounder of alarms.
sound·er 2   (soun'dər)   
n.  One that sounds, especially a device for making soundings of the sea.
sound·er 3   (soun'dər)   
n.  A herd of wild boar. See Synonyms at flock1.

[Middle English, from Old French sondre, of Germanic origin.]
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Word Origin & History

sound  (n.2)
"narrow channel of water," c.1300, from O.N. sund "a strait, swimming," cognate with O.E. sund "power of swimming, water, sea," both from P.Gmc. *swumto-, from base *swem- (see swim (v.)).
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: sound
Function: intransitive verb
: to be based or founded : have a specified basis for an action —used with in sounded in contract —O. W. Holmes, Junior> <sounding in tort>
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 4sound
Function: noun
: an elongated instrument for exploring or examining body cavities sound>
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sound 3
n.
An instrument used to examine or explore body cavities, as for foreign bodies or other abnormalities, or to dilate strictures in them. v. sound·ed, sound·ing, sounds
To probe a body cavity with a sound.

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sound 2   (sound)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. A long, wide inlet of the ocean, often parallel to the coast. Long Island Sound, between Long Island and the coast of New England, is an example.

  2. A long body of water, wider than a strait, that connects larger bodies of water.


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