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As a proper noun sound

is the strait that separates zealand (an island of denmark) from scania (part of sweden); also sometimes called by the danish name,.

As a noun foot is

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sound

English

Alternative forms

* soune (obsolete), sowne (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) sound, sund, isund, . See (l).

Adjective

(er)
  • Healthy.
    • He was safe and sound .
    In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work.
  • *
  • Complete, solid, or secure.
    • Fred assured me the floorboards were sound .
  • * Chapman
    • The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams, / And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound .
  • (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
  • *
    • With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
  • (British, slang) Good.
    • "How are you?" - "I'm sound ."
    That's a sound track you're playing.
  • (of sleep) Quiet]] and deep.
    • Her sleep was sound .
  • Heavy; laid on with force.
    • a sound beating
  • Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
    • a sound title to land
    Hypernyms
    * (in logic) valid
    Derived terms
    * safe and sound * sound as a bell * soundly

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Soundly.
  • * Spenser
    • So sound he slept that naught might him awake.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (British, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
    • "I found my jacket." - "Sound ."

    Etymology 2

    * Noun: from (etyl) sownde, alteration of sowne, from (etyl) sun, soun, (etyl) son, from accusative of (etyl) sonus. * Verb: from (etyl) sownden, sounen, from (etyl) suner, (etyl) soner (modern sonner ), from (etyl) * The euphonic -d appears in the fifteenth century. (wikipedia sound)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
  • :
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:The warlike sound / Of trumpets loud and clarions.
  • A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
  • *
  • *:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.
  • (lb) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc
  • Noise without meaning; empty noise.
  • *(John Locke) (1632-1705)
  • *:Sense and not sound must be the principle.
    • Synonyms
    * See also
    Troponyms
    * noise * quiet * silence
    See also
    * audible

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To produce a sound.
    • When the horn sounds , take cover.
  • (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
    • He sounded good when we last spoke.
    That story sounds like a pack of lies!
  • * Shakespeare
    • How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues!
  • To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
  • * Bible, 1 Thessalonians i. 8
    • From you sounded out the word of the Lord.
  • (legal) Often with "in"; to arise or to be recognizable as arising within a particular area of law.
  • * '>citation
  • To cause to produce a sound.
    • He sounds the instrument.
  • (phonetics) To pronounce a vowel or a consonant.
    • The "e" in "house" isn't sounded .
    Synonyms
    * (to make noise)echo, reecho, resonate * See also
    Derived terms
    * empty vessels make the most sound * infrasound * instantaneous sound pressure * missound * outsound * second sound * soundage * sound-alike * sound alphabet * sound and light/sound-and-light show * sound barrier * sound bite/soundbite * sound bow * sound box * sound camera * sound card * sounded * sound effect * sound energy * sound engineer * sound engineering * sounder * soundex * sound film * sound hole * sounding board * sound law * soundless * sound like * sound man/soundman * sound off * sound out * sound pollution * sound pressure * sound projection * soundproof/sound-proof * sound recording * sound reproduction * soundscape * sound spectrum * sound stage/soundstage * sound structure * sound system * sound track/soundtrack * sound truck * sound wave * speech sound * speed of sound * surround-sound/surround sound * third heart sound * third sound * ultrasound * unsound * voiced sound

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) sound, sund, from (etyl) . Related to (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.
    • Puget Sound'''; Owen '''Sound
  • * Camden
    • The Sound of Denmark, where ships pay toll.
  • The air bladder of a fish.
    • Cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
  • A cuttlefish.
    • (Ainsworth)

    Etymology 4

    (etyl) . More at

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • dive downwards, used of a whale.
    • The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive.
  • To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
    • When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal.
  • * Dryden
    • I was in jest, / And by that offer meant to sound your breast.
  • * Addison
    • I've sounded my Numidians man by man.
  • test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
    • Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.
  • (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound, or by auscultation or percussion.
    • to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long, thin probe for body cavities or canals such as the urethra.

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    foot

    English

    (wikipedia foot)

    Noun

    (feet)
  • (countable) A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. (jump)
  • (countable, anatomy) Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking. (jump)
  • (uncountable, often used attributively) Travel by walking. (walking)
  • (countable) The base or bottom of anything. (jump)
  • (countable) The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
  • (countable) The end of a rectangular table opposite the head. (jump)
  • (countable) A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it. (jump)
  • (countable) A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=20 citation , passage=‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’}}
  • (military, pluralonly) Foot soldiers; infantry. (jump)
  • * Clarendon
    • His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot .
  • (countable, cigars) The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
  • (countable, sewing) The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
  • (countable, printing) The bottommost part of a typed or printed page. (jump)
  • (countable, prosody) The basic measure of rhythm in a poem. (jump)
  • (countable, phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
  • (countable, nautical) The bottom edge of a sail.
  • (countable, billiards) The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
  • (countable, botany) In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
  • *
    • (b ) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
  • (countable, malacology) The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
  • (countable, molecular biology) The globular lower domain of a protein. (jump)
  • (countable, geometry) The foot of a line perpendicular to a given line is the point where the lines intersect.
  • Fundamental principle; basis; plan. (never used in the plural)
  • * Berkeley
    • Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason.
  • Recognized condition; rank; footing. (never used in the plural)
  • * Walpole
    • As to his being on the foot of a servant.
    Usage notes
    * (jump) The ordinary plural of the unit of measurement is (feet), but in many contexts, (term) itself may be used ("he is six foot two"). This is a reflex of the Anglo-Saxon (Old English) genitive plural.Rich Alderson, “Why do we say ‘30 years old’, but ‘a 30-year-old man’?”, in Mark Israel, the alt.usage.english FAQ. * It is sometimes abbreviated ' , such as in tables, lists or drawings.

    Derived terms

    * a closed mouth gathers no feet * afoot * acre-foot * athlete's foot * best foot * Bigfoot * board foot * clubfoot * Chinese foot * cubic foot * footage * foot-and-mouth disease * football * footboard * footboy * foot brake * footbridge * footcandle * footfall * foot fault * footgear * foothill * foothold * footing * foot-in-mouth disease * foot iron * foot landraker * footlights * foot line * footlocker * footloose * foot louse * footly * footman * foot-mouth * footnote * footpad * footpath * foot-pound * foot post * footprint * foot pump * footrest * footrope * footsie * footsie-wootsies * foot soldier * footsore * footstep * footstone * footstool * foot warmer * footwear * footwell * footwork * footworn * four foot * get one's foot in the door * Hong Kong foot * immersion foot * itchy feet * Japanese foot * put one's foot in one's mouth * rabbit's foot * Roman foot * shoot oneself in the foot * six foot * square foot * start off on the wrong foot * trench foot * wrongfoot * See also

    Coordinate terms

    * inch, yard, mile * (jump) head, sides * (jump) head, body * head, leech, luff * (jump) head, cleft, neck * (jump) horse

    See also

    * , relating to the foot

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
  • To pay (a bill).
  • To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
    • (Dryden)
  • To walk.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • To tread.
    • to foot the green
    (Tickell)
  • (obsolete) To set on foot; to establish; to land.
  • * Shakespeare
    • What confederacy have you with the traitors / Late footed in the kingdom?
  • To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
    • (Shakespeare)
  • To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up .
    • to foot (or foot up) an account

    Derived terms

    * foot the bill

    References

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