sound

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈsaʊ̯nd/]

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1. sound (verb) — sense 1

Definition: Of a whale, to dive downwards.

Example: The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.

2. sound (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To ascertain, or to try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.

Example: When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.

3. sound (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To fathom or test; to ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.

Example: Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.

4. sound (noun) — sense 4

Definition: A long, thin probe for sounding or dilating body cavities or canals such as the urethra; a sonde.

Example: Most mild cases respond very nicely to such relatively simple office procedures as dilatations with sounds of increasing calibre, followed by the instillation of an ounce of 5 per cent argyrol in the bladder.

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