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English

{{rank|clear|pretty|except|513|sound|didn't|natural|laid}}

Alternative spellings


Pronunciation


Etymology 1

sund.

Adjective

  1. healthy|Healthy.
  2. : He was safe and sound.
  3. complete|Complete, solid, or secure.
  4. : Fred assured me the floorboards were sound.
  5. In the Context of Good or a good thing.
  6. : "How are you?" - "I'm sound."
  7. : That's a sound track you're playing.


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Translations
  • Danish: ,
  • Finnish: ,
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|健康|tr=kenkō|sc=Jpan}}
  • Kurdish:
  • : Sorani: {{t|ku|ساغ|tr=sAgh|sc=KUchar}}, {{t|ku|سه‌لیم|tr=saleem|sc=KUchar}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|здоровый|tr=zdoróvyj|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|крепкий|tr=krépkij|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|completo|m}}, {{t+|pt|sólido|m}}, {{t+|pt|seguro|m}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|крепкий|tr=krépkij|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|прочный|tr=próčnyj|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|надёжный|tr=nadjóžnyj|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|хорошо|tr=xorošó|sc=Cyrl}}

Etymology 2


Noun

  1. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium. (He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him.)
  2. : Nobody made a sound.
  3. A vibration capable of causing this.


Troponyms


Translations
  • Danish: lyd
  • Finnish:
  • Hindi: {{t-|hi|ध्वनी|f|sc=Deva|xs=Hindi}}, {{t-|hi|आवाज़|f|sc=Deva|xs=Hindi}}
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|音|tr=oto|sc=Jpan}}
  • Kurdish:
  • : Sorani: {{t-|ku|ده‌نگ|tr=dang|sc=KUchar}}
  • Latvian: skaņa
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|dźwięk|m}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|звук|m|tr=zvuk|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|स्वर|m|tr=svára|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t-|sa|शब्द|m|tr=śabda|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|ध्वन्|m|tr=dhvan|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|नाद|m|tr=nāda|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}}
  • Urdu: aavaaz
  • Danish: lyd
  • Finnish:
  • Hindi: {{t-|hi|ध्वनी|f|sc=Deva|xs=Hindi}}, {{t-|hi|आवाज़|f|sc=Deva|xs=Hindi}}
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|音|tr=oto|sc=Jpan}}
  • Latvian: skaņa
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|dźwięk|m}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|звук|m|tr=zvuk|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Sanskrit: {{t-|sa|स्वर|m|tr=svára|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t-|sa|शब्द|m|tr=śabda|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|ध्वन्|m|tr=dhvan|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}}, {{t|sa|नाद|m|tr=nāda|sc=Deva|xs=Sanskrit}}
  • Urdu: aavaaz
See also


Verb

  1. To produce a sound.
  2. : When the horn sounds, be careful.
  3. To convey an impression by one's sound.
  4. : He sounded good when we last spoke.
  5. To arise or to be recognizable as arising within a particular area of law.
  6. : "[T]here can be no doubt that claims brought pursuant to § 1983 sound in tort."
  7. : -City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Monterey, Ltd., 526 U.S. 687, 709 (1999).
  8. To cause to produce a sound.
  9. : He sounds the instrument.
  10. To state or utter, especially with deliberation; to repeat.


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Translations
  • Italian:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|鳴る|tr=naru|sc=Jpan}}
  • Korean: 소리가 나다 (soriga nada)
  • Kurdish:
  • : Sorani: {{t|ku|ده‌نگ دان|tr=dang dAn|sc=KUchar}}
  • Persian: (seda dadan)
  • Portuguese:
  • Russian: звучать (zvučát’)
  • Slovene: zveneti/zazveneti
  • Spanish:
  • Swedish: ,
  • Tupinambá: pu
  • Danish:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|鳴らす|tr=narasu|sc=Jpan}}
  • Korean: 소리를 내다 (sorireul naeda)
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|関係する|tr=kankē suru|sc=Jpan}}

Etymology 3

sund

Noun

  1. : Long narrow inlet. (Puget Sound, Owen Sound, etc.)


Translations
  • Danish: {{t-|da|sund|n}}
  • Finnish: lahti, vuono (fjord)
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|入り江|tr=irie|sc=Jpan}}
  • Russian: {{t-|ru|пролив|m|tr=prolív|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|канал|m|tr=kanál|sc=Cyrl}}

Etymology 4

, ultimately from subundare

Verb

  1. : dive downwards, used of a whale.
  2. : The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.
  3. : probe
  4. test


Translations
  • Danish: dykke (ned)
  • Finnish:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|潜る|tr=moguru|sc=Jpan}}
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|調べる|tr=shiraberu|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|探る|tr=saguru|sc=Jpan}}
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|調べる|tr=shiraberu|sc=Jpan}}

Noun

  1. A probe (e.g. a surgeon's tool)


Translations
  • Danish: {{t-|da|sonde|c}}
  • Finnish:
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|探子|tr=tanshi|sc=Jpan}}

Etymology 5

most likely from a slighty altered usage of Etymology 1

Adjective

  1. sound asleep; quietly resting, sleeping peacefully; undisturbed


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Category:200 English basic words Category:Sound

ang:sound ar:sound zh-min-nan:sound de:sound el:sound fa:sound fr:sound io:sound id:sound it:sound kk:sound ku:sound lo:sound hu:sound nl:sound ja:sound pl:sound pt:sound ru:sound simple:sound sr:sound fi:sound sv:sound ta:sound te:sound vi:sound tr:sound zh:sound

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English

Noun

Synonyms

noise - * rustle - * |}

Synonyms (displeasing sound)

bang - * cacophony - * crash - * hullabaloo - * racket - * |}

Antonyms

quiet - * silence - nearest antonym stillness - * |}

Wikisaurus / Thesaurus Links


GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sound \Sound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sounded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sounding.] [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.
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2. Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts,
motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try;
to test; to probe.
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I was in jest,
And by that offer meant to sound your breast.
--Dryden.
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I've sounded my Numidians man by man. --Addison.
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3. (Med.) 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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sound \Sound\, n. [AS. sund a swimming, akin to E. swim. See
Swim.]
The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed
article of food.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sound \Sound\, n. (Zool.)
A cuttlefish. [Obs.] --Ainsworth.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sound \Sound\, a. [Compar. Sounder; superl. Soundest.] [OE.
sound, AS. sund; akin to D. gezond, G. gesund, OHG. gisunt,
Dan. & Sw. sund, and perhaps to L. sanus. Cf. Sane.]
1. Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or
decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit;
a sound tooth; a sound ship.
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2. Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; --
said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound
constitution; a sound understanding.
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3. Firm; strong; safe.
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The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams,
And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound.
--Chapman.
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4. Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful;
orthodox; -- said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound
thinker.
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Do not I know you a favorer
Of this new seat? Ye are nor sound. --Shak.
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5. 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.
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Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast
heard of me. --2 Tim. i.
13.
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6. heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.
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7. Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.
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8. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound
title to land.
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Note: Sound is sometimes used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, sound-headed,
sound-hearted, sound-timbered, etc.
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Sound currency (Com.), a currency whose actual value is the
same as its nominal value; a currency which does not
deteriorate or depreciate or fluctuate in comparision with
the standard of values.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sound \Sound\, adv.
Soundly.
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So sound he slept that naught might him awake.
--Spenser.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sound \Sound\, n. [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.)
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.
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The Sound of Denmark, where ships pay toll. --Camden.
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Sound dues, tolls formerly imposed by Denmark on vessels
passing through the Baltic Sound.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sound \Sound\, v. i.
To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other
device.
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I sound as a shipman soundeth in the sea with his
plummet to know the depth of sea. --Palsgrave.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sound \Sound\, n. [F. sonde. See Sound to fathom.] (Med.)
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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sound \Sound\, n. [OE. soun, OF. son, sun, F. son, fr. L. sonus
akin to Skr. svana sound, svan to sound, and perh. to E.
swan. Cf. Assonant, Consonant, Person, Sonata,
Sonnet, Sonorous, Swan.]
1. 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.
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The warlike sound
Of trumpets loud and clarions. --Milton.
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2. 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.
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Note: In this sense, sounds are spoken of as audible and
inaudible.
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3. Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and
nothing else.
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Sense and not sound . . . must be the principle.
--Locke.
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Sound boarding, boards for holding pugging, placed in
partitions of under floors in order to deaden sounds.

Sound bow, in a series of transverse sections of a bell,
that segment against which the clapper strikes, being the
part which is most efficacious in producing the sound. See
Illust. of Bell.

Sound post. (Mus.) See Sounding post, under Sounding.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sound \Sound\, v. i. [OE. sounen, sownen, OF. soner, suner, F.
sonner, from L. sonare. See Sound a noise.]
1. 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. "And first taught speaking trumpets
how to sound." --Dryden.
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How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues! --Shak.
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2. To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to
convey intelligence by sound.
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From you sounded out the word of the Lord. --1
Thess. i. 8.
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3. 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.
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Good sir, why do you start, and seem to fear
Things that do sound so fair? --Shak.
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To sound in or To sound into, to tend to; to partake of
the nature of; to be consonant with. [Obs., except in the
phrase To sound in damages, below.]
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Soun[d]ing in moral virtue was his speech.
--Chaucer.
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To sound in damages (Law), to have the essential quality of
damages. This is said of an action brought, not for the
recovery of a specific thing, as replevin, etc., but for
damages only, as trespass, and the like.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Sound \Sound\, v. t.
1. To cause to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a
trumpet or a horn; to sound an alarm.
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A bagpipe well could he play and soun[d]. --Chaucer.
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2. To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the
voice, or on an instrument.
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3. 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.
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The clock sounded the hour of noon. --G. H. Lewes.
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4. 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.
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5. 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.
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6. To signify; to import; to denote. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Soun[d]ing alway the increase of his winning.
--Chaucer.
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WordNet sound
adj 1: financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound
economy" [ant: unsound]
2: exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism";
"a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of
French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and
management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach
to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for
his decision" [syn: healthy, intelligent, levelheaded]
3: in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; "a
sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation"
[ant: unsound]
4: in excellent physical condition; "good teeth"; "I still have
one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body" [syn: good]
5: reflects weight of sound argument or evidence; "a sound
argument" [syn: reasoned, well-grounded]
6: having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the
property" [syn: legal]
7: free from moral defect; "a man of sound character"
8: (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a
profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
[syn: heavy, profound, wakeless]
9: thorough; "a sound thrashing"
n 1: the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause;
"the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of
music" [ant: silence]
2: the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained
to hear the faint sounds" [syn: auditory sensation]
3: mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium;
"falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one
is there to hear them"
4: the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound
awakened them"
5: the audible part of a transmitted signal; "they always raise
the audio for commercials" [syn: audio]
6: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without
concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some
language [syn: phone, speech sound]
7: a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of
water [syn: strait]
8: a large ocean inlet or deep bay; "the main body of the sound
ran parallel to the coast"
adv : deeply or completely; "slept soundly through the storm"; "is
sound asleep" [syn: soundly]
v 1: appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting"
2: make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun
went `bang'" [syn: go]
3: give off a certain sound or sounds; "This record sounds
scratchy"
4: announce by means of a sound; "sound the alarm"
5: utter with vibrating vocal chords [syn: voice, vocalize,
vocalise] [ant: devoice]
6: cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"
7: measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
[syn: fathom]
Moby Dictionary
Christian , able to pay , accepted , adamantine , admissible ,
advantageous , advertise , all there , announce , annunciate , appear ,
appear like , appraise , appreciate , approved , arm , armlet ,
articulate , aspect , assay , assess , astute , auditory range ,
auspicious , authentic , authoritative , bagpipe , balanced , barometer ,
bay , bayou , be reflected , be sent back , beep , bell , belt ,
beneficial , benevolent , bight , binding , bitch , blare , blast , blat ,
blooming , blow , blow a horn , blow the horn , bluster , boca , bon ,
bonny , boom , bounce back , braw , bray , breathe , broadcast , bueno ,
bugle , bulky , bunkum , cacophony , calculable , calculate , calibrate ,
caliper , canonical , canvass , capital , carillon , carrying distance ,
cast the lead , characteristic , check a parameter , check out , chime ,
chink , chorus , clang , clangor , clank , clarion , clearheaded ,
clearminded , clink , cogent , come out with , commendable ,
commonsense , communicate , complain , complete , compos mentis ,
compute , conservative , consistent , conventional , convey , cool ,
coolheaded , correct , cove , credible , creek , cry out , customary ,
deep , deliver , delve into , dense , dependable , dial , dig into , din ,
ding , dingdong , disclose , disseminate , dive , divide , dong , doodle ,
double-tongue , down-to-earth , drop , durable , earreach , earshot ,
earthy , echo , echo back , effect , elegant , emit , emit a sound ,
enduring , entire , enunciate , estimable , estimate , estuary , euripus ,
evaluate , evangelical , examine , excellent , expedient , explore ,
express , fail-safe , fair , faithful , faithworthy , fall , famous ,
fast , fathom , favorable , feel , feel out , feeler , fiducial , fife ,
fine , fiord , firm , firm as Gibraltar , firth , fit , fjord , fling off ,
flute , fly a kite , formulate , frith , full , gauge , give ,
give expression , give out with , give tongue , give utterance ,
give voice , go into , gong , good , good for , goodly , graduate , grand ,
grumble , guaranteed , gulf , gut , hale , hale and hearty , harbor ,
hard , hardheaded , harmless , healthy , healthy-minded , hearing ,
heavy , helpful , honk , impart , imperturbable , impression ,
in equilibrium , in good condition , in good shape , indagate ,
infrangible , inlet , inquire of , intact , integral , investigate ,
invincible , invulnerable , jangle , jingle , jinglejangle , judicious ,
just , justifiable , kind , knell , kyle , lasting , laudable , lawful ,
legal , legitimate , let out , levelheaded , lip , literal , loch ,
logical , look , look into , look like , lucid , made of iron ,
make a noise , make a sound , make a sounding , massive ,
matter-of-fact , measure , mensurate , mentally sound , mete , meter ,
mouth , narrow , narrow seas , narrows , natural harbor , nice , noble ,
noise , normal , nose-dive , of sound mind , of the faith , orthodox ,
orthodoxical , out with , pace , parachute , peaceful , peal , peer into ,
perceptive , percipient , perfect , perspicacious , philosophical ,
phonate , phrase , pilot balloon , pipe , pitch , plausible , pleasant ,
plop , plumb , plumb the depths , plumb-line , plummet , plump , plunge ,
plunk , poke into , politic , poll , positivistic , pounce , pounce on ,
pounce upon , pour forth , practical , practical-minded , pragmatic ,
predictable , present , prize , probe , proclaim , profitable ,
promulgate , pronounce , proper , prudent , pry into , publish ,
put forth , put in words , quality , quantify , quantize , question ,
raise , random sample , range , rate , rational , reach , read , realist ,
realistic , reasonable , reasoning , rebound , received , reecho , regal ,
reliable , report , resemble , resonance , resonate , resound ,
responsible , return , reverberate , reverberation , right ,
right-minded , rigid , ring , ring changes , riskless , road , roads ,
roadstead , robust , roll , rosy , royal , ruddy , rugged , rumble , safe ,
sample , sane , sane-minded , say , scientific , scientistic ,
scriptural , search into , secular , secure , seem , seem like ,
seem to be , self-consistent , send back , sensible
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