A long, relatively wide body of water, larger than a strait or a channel, connecting larger bodies of water, The sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or other medium, The distance over which something can be heard, intransitive verb_ To try to learn the attitudes or opinions of, To dive swiftly downward. Used of a marine mammal or a fish, To look into a possibility; investigate, adjective_ Free from defect, decay, or damage; in good condition, Marked by or showing common sense and good judgment; levelheaded, Logic Of or relating to an argument in which all the premises are true and the conclusion follows from the premises, adverb_ Thoroughly; deeply