Sound vs. Swash

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.

Swashnoun

The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken

Swashnoun

A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.

Swashnoun

A wet splashing sound.

Swashnoun

A smooth stroke; a swish.

Swashnoun

A swishing noise.

Swashnoun

(typography) A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.

Swashnoun

A streak or patch.

Swashnoun

(obsolete) Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.

Swashnoun

(obsolete) A blustering noise.

Swashnoun

(obsolete) swaggering behaviour.

Swashnoun

(obsolete) A swaggering fellow; a swasher.

Swashnoun

(architecture) An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.

Swashverb

(ambitransitive) To swagger; to act with boldness or bluster (toward).

Swashverb

(ambitransitive) To dash or flow noisily; to splash.

Swashverb

(ambitransitive) To swirl through liquid; to swish.

Swashverb

(intransitive) To wade forcefully through liquid.

Swashverb

(ambitransitive) To swipe.

Swashverb

(intransitive) To fall violently or noisily.

Swashverb

To streak, to color in a swash.

Swashadjective

bold; dramatic.

Swashadjective

(typography) Having pronounced swashes.

Swashnoun

An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.

Swashnoun

Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water.

Swashnoun

A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.

Swashnoun

Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.

Swashnoun

A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior.

Swashnoun

A swaggering fellow; a swasher.

Swashadjective

Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy.

Swashverb

To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place.

Swashverb

To fall violently or noisily.

Swashverb

To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.

Swashnoun

the movement or sound of water;

Swashverb

make violent, noisy movements

Swashverb

dash a liquid upon or against;

Swashverb

show off

Swashverb

act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

Swash

Swash, or forewash in geography, is a turbulent layer of water that washes up on the beach after an incoming wave has broken. The swash action can move beach materials up and down the beach, which results in the cross-shore sediment exchange.