SkyfireDict

sounding   (TTS Sound)

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))

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)

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")