Firth vs. Sound

Firthnoun

An arm of the sea.

Firthnoun

(Scottish) A frith; a wood, wooded country.

Firthnoun

An arm of the sea; a frith.

Firthnoun

English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)

Firthnoun

a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)

Firth

Firth is a word in the English and Scots languages used to denote various coastal waters in the United Kingdom, predominantly within Scotland. In the Northern Isles, it more usually refers to a smaller inlet.

Soundadjective

Healthy.

Soundadjective

Complete, solid, or secure.

Soundadjective

Having the property of soundness.

Soundadjective

Good; acceptable; decent.

Soundadjective

(of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.

Soundadjective

Heavy; laid on with force.

Soundadjective

Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.

Soundadverb

Soundly.

Soundinterjection

Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.

Soundnoun

A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.

Soundnoun

A vibration capable of causing such sensations.

Soundnoun

(music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc

Soundnoun

Noise without meaning; empty noise.

Soundnoun

(geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.

Soundnoun

The air bladder of a fish.

Soundnoun

A cuttlefish.

Soundnoun

(medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.

Soundnoun

A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.

Soundverb

(intransitive) To produce a sound.

Soundverb

(copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.

Soundverb

(intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.

Soundverb

To resound.

Soundverb

To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law.

Soundverb

(transitive) To cause to produce a sound.

Soundverb

To pronounce.

Soundverb

(intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.

Soundverb

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

Soundverb

Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.

Soundverb

(medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.

Soundnoun

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

Soundnoun

A cuttlefish.

Soundnoun

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.

Soundnoun

Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture.

Soundnoun

The peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration of a material substance affecting the ear; a sensation or perception of the mind received through the ear, and produced by the impulse or vibration of the air or other medium with which the ear is in contact; the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing by an impulse or vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies, or by other means; noise; report; as, the sound of a drum; the sound of the human voice; a horrid sound; a charming sound; a sharp, high, or shrill sound.

Soundnoun

The occasion of sound; the impulse or vibration which would occasion sound to a percipient if present with unimpaired; hence, the theory of vibrations in elastic media such cause sound; as, a treatise on sound.

Soundnoun

Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else.

Soundadjective

Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship.

Soundadjective

Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; - said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding.

Soundadjective

Firm; strong; safe.

Soundadjective

Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; - said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound thinker.

Soundadjective

Founded in truth or right; supported by justice; not to be overthrown on refuted; not fallacious; as, sound argument or reasoning; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles.

Soundadjective

heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.

Soundadjective

Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.

Soundadjective

Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land.

Soundadverb

Soundly.

Soundverb

To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.

Soundverb

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

Soundverb

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.

Soundverb

To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.

Soundverb

To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible effect.

Soundverb

To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.

Soundverb

To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention.

Soundverb

To cause to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn; to sound an alarm.

Soundverb

To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument.

Soundverb

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.

Soundverb

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.

Soundverb

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.

Soundverb

To signify; to import; to denote.

Soundnoun

the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause;

Soundnoun

the subjective sensation of hearing something;

Soundnoun

mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium;

Soundnoun

the sudden occurrence of an audible event;

Soundnoun

the audible part of a transmitted signal;

Soundnoun

(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

Soundnoun

a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

Soundnoun

a large ocean inlet or deep bay;

Soundverb

appear in a certain way;

Soundverb

make a certain noise or sound;

Soundverb

give off a certain sound or sounds;

Soundverb

announce by means of a sound;

Soundverb

utter with vibrating vocal chords

Soundverb

cause to sound;

Soundverb

measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

Soundadjective

financially secure and safe;

Soundadjective

exercising or showing good judgment;

Soundadjective

in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay;

Soundadjective

in excellent physical condition;

Soundadjective

reflects weight of sound argument or evidence;

Soundadjective

having legal efficacy or force;

Soundadjective

free from moral defect;

Soundadjective

(of sleep) deep and complete;

Soundadjective

thorough;

Soundadverb

deeply or completely;

Sound

In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave, through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid. In human physiology and psychology, sound is the reception of such waves and their perception by the brain.