SOUND
Sound, adv.
Defn: Soundly.
So sound he slept that naught might him awake. Spenser.
SOUND
Sound, n. Etym: [AS. sund a narrow sea or strait; akin to Icel., Sw.,
Dan. & G. sund, probably so named because it could be swum across.
See Swim.] (Geog.)
Defn: A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound. The Sound of Denmark, where ships pay toll. Camden. Sound dues, tolls formerly imposed by Denmark on vessels passing through the Baltic Sound.
SOUND
Sound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Sounding.] Etym:
[F. sonder; cf. AS. sundgyrd a sounding rod, sundline a sounding line
(see Sound a narrow passage of water).]
1. To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.
2. Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe. I was in jest, And by that offer meant to sound your breast. Dryden. I've sounded my Numidians man by man. Addison.
3. (Med.)
Defn: To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient.
SOUND
Sound, v. i.