See Also: Sound(medicine)
sound(3)(dictionary)
sound(4)(dictionary)
sound(5)(dictionary)
sound(6)(dictionary)
sound(7)(dictionary)
sound(9)(dictionary)
sound(encyclopedia)
Sound, the(encyclopedia)
second sound(medicine)

sound(3) (iou)



sound noun1.
[Old English sund = Old Norse sund swimming, strait (Norwegian sund swimming, swimming bladder, strait, ferry, Swedish, Danish sund strait), from Germanic base also of SWIM verb.]
The action or power of swimming. OE-LME.
The swim-bladder of certain fishes, esp. cod. Now chiefly dial. ME.
A narrow channel or stretch of water, esp. one between the mainland and an island, or connecting two large bodies of water; a strait. Also, a sea inlet. ME.