vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear
light travels faster than sound
sound produced by continuous and regular vibrations, as opposed to noise
music, speech, and sound effects when recorded and used to accompany a film, video, or broadcast
a sound studio
an idea or impression conveyed by words
you've had a hard day, by the sound of it
convey a specified impression when heard
he sounded worried
ascertain (the depth of water in the sea, a lake, or a river), typically by means of a line or pole or using sound echoes
Mr Pattison was sounding the depth of the water with a pole
examine (a person's bladder or other internal cavity) with a long surgical probe
(especially of a whale) dive down steeply to a great depth
he sounded, arching his back steeply and raising his rubbery flukes in the air
a long surgical probe, typically with a curved, blunt end
a narrow stretch of water forming an inlet or connecting two wider areas of water such as two seas or a sea and a lake
a small rowing boat came from the south on its way into the sound