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Overview of noun sounding

The noun sounding has 2 senses


  • sounding -- (a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line)

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


Overview of verb sound

The verb sound has 7 senses


  • sound -- (appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting")

  • sound, go -- (make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'")

  • sound -- (give off a certain sound or sounds; "This record sounds scratchy")

  • sound -- (announce by means of a sound; "sound the alarm")

  • voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise -- (utter with vibrating vocal chords)

  • sound -- (cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note")

  • fathom, sound -- (measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line)


Overview of adj sounding

The adj sounding has 3 senses


  • looking, sounding -- (appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms; "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")

  • sounding -- (having volume or deepness; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth)

  • sounding -- (making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form; "harsh-sounding")