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Sounding

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Noun

1. sounding

a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line

2. sounding

the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)

Adjective

3. looking, sounding

appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms

Example Sentences:
'left their clothes dirty looking'
'a most disagreeable looking character'
'angry-looking'
'liquid-looking'
'severe-looking policemen on noble horses'
'fine-sounding phrases'
'taken in by high-sounding talk'

4. sounding

having volume or deepness

Example Sentences:
'sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal'
'the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion'

5. sounding

making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form

Example Sentences:
'harsh-sounding'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sounding

see synonyms of sounding
adjective
1. 
resounding; resonant
2. 
having an imposing sound and little content; pompous
sounding phrases
noun
1. (sometimes plural)
the act or process of measuring depth of water or examining the bottom of a river, lake, etc, as with a sounding line
2. 
an observation or measurement of atmospheric conditions, as made using a radiosonde or rocketsonde
3. (often plural)
measurements taken by sounding
4. (plural)
a place where a sounding line will reach the bottom, esp less than 100 fathoms in depth
5.  on soundings
6.  off soundings

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Sounding

see synonyms of sounding
adjective
1. 
making or giving forth sound
2. 
resonant; sonorous
3. 
high-sounding; bombastic
noun
1. 
a. 
the act of measuring the depth or examining the bottom of a body of water, etc. with or as with a weighted line
b. 
depth so measured
c.  [pl.]
a place, usually less than 100 fathoms (c. 180 m) in depth, where a sounding line will touch bottom
2. 
a. 
an examination of the atmosphere at or to a given height, as with a radiosonde
b. 
a probe of space, as with a rocket
3.  [pl.]
measurements learned or data acquired by sounding
4.  [often pl.]
an exploratory sampling, as of public opinion

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sounding

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n.
1.
a. Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing.
b. Transmitted vibrations of any frequency.
c. The sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or other medium.
d. Such sensations considered as a group.
2. A distinctive noise: a hollow sound.
3. The distance over which something can be heard: within sound of my voice.
4. Linguistics
a. An articulation made by the vocal apparatus: a vowel sound.
b. The distinctive character of such an articulation: The words bear and bare have the same sound.
5. A mental impression; an implication: didn't like the sound of the invitation.
6. Auditory material that is recorded, as for a movie.
7. Meaningless noise.
8. Music A distinctive style, as of an orchestra or singer.
9. Archaic Rumor; report.
v. sound·ed, sound·ing, sounds
v.intr.
1.
a. To make or give forth a sound: The siren sounded.
b. To be given forth as a sound: The fanfare sounded.
2. To present a particular impression: That argument sounds reasonable.
v.tr.
1. To cause to give forth or produce a sound: sounded the gong.
2. To summon, announce, or signal by a sound: sound a warning.
3. Linguistics To articulate; pronounce: sound a vowel.
4. To make known; celebrate: "Nations unborn your mighty names shall sound" (Alexander Pope).
5. To examine (a body organ or part) by causing to emit sound; auscultate.
n.
1. The act of one that sounds.
2. A probe of the environment for scientific observation.
3.
a. A measured depth of water.
b. often soundings Water shallow enough for depth measurements to be taken by a hand line.
adj.
1. Emitting a full sound; resonant.
2. Noisy but with little significance.
v. sound·ed, sound·ing, sounds
v.tr.
1. To measure the depth of (water), especially by means of a weighted line; fathom.
2. To try to learn the attitudes or opinions of: sounded out her feelings.
3. To probe (a body cavity) with a sound.
v.intr.
1. To measure depth.
2. To dive swiftly downward. Used of a marine mammal or a fish.
3. To look into a possibility; investigate.
n.
An instrument used to examine or explore body cavities, as for foreign bodies or other abnormalities, or to dilate strictures in them.

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