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In intransitive terms the difference between sound and bay

is that sound is dive downwards, used of a whale while bay is to howl.

In transitive terms the difference between sound and bay

is that sound is to cause to produce a sound while bay is to pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.

In geography terms the difference between sound and bay

is that sound is 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 while bay is a body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.

As an adverb sound

is soundly.

As an interjection sound

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

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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.

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*: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.

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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.

Statistics

* 200 English basic words English copulative verbs 1000 English basic words ---- bay

English

(wikipedia bay)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) baye, baie, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A berry.

, a shrub of the family Lauraceae , having dark green leaves and berries.

The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory.

* 1596 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , IV.i:

both you here with many a cursed oth, / Sweare she is yours, and stirre vp bloudie frayes, / To win a willow bough, whilest other weares the bayes .

The leaf of this or certain other species of shrub, used as a herb.

* Trumbull

The patriot's honours and the poet's bays .

(US, dialect) A tract covered with bay trees.

A kind of mahogany obtained from (Campeche) in Mexico.

Synonyms

* bay laurel, Grecian laurel, laurel, sweet bay, true laurel

Derived terms

* bayberry * bay laurel * bay leaf * bay rum * bay rum tree * bay tree * red bay * sweet bay

Etymology 2

From (etyl) baie, from baia.

Noun

(en noun)

(geography) A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.

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A bank or dam to keep back water.

Synonyms

* (body of water) gulf

Derived terms

* California bay

Etymology 3

From (etyl) baie, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.

An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.

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The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.

(nautical) Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.

(rail transport) A bay platform.

Shortened form of bay window.

Derived terms

* bay platform * bay window * bomb bay * buggy bay * loading bay

Etymology 4

From (etyl) bay, combined with aphesized form of abay; verbal form (etyl) baier, abaier.

Noun

(en noun)

The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.

(by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.

(figuratively) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.

* (rfdate) (Dryden)

Embolden'd by despair, he stood at bay .

* (rfdate) I. Taylor

The most terrible evils are just kept at bay by incessant efforts.

Derived terms

* at bay

Verb

(en verb)

To howl.

* (rfdate) (Dryden)

The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely bayed .

To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.

to bay the bear (Shakespeare)

To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.

Derived terms

* bay at the moon

Etymology 5

From (etyl) baie, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(en adjective)

Of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).

Derived terms

* bay cat * bay lynx

Noun

(-)

A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.

A horse of this color.

Quotations

* (English Citations of "bay")

See also

* abeyance * badinage * baize * daphne * voe * * *

Anagrams

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