sounding Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line
  2. noun the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)
  3. verb appear in a certain way
    sound.
    • This sounds interesting
  4. verb make a certain noise or sound
    sound; go.
    • She went `Mmmmm'
    • The gun went `bang'
  5. verb give off a certain sound or sounds
    sound.
    • This record sounds scratchy
  6. verb announce by means of a sound
    sound.
    • sound the alarm
  7. verb utter with vibrating vocal chords
    sound; vocalize; voice; vocalise.
  8. verb cause to sound
    sound.
    • sound the bell
    • sound a certain note
  9. verb measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
    sound; fathom.
  10. adjective satellite appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
    looking.
    • 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
  11. adjective satellite having volume or deepness
    • sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal
    • the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth
  12. adjective satellite making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form
    • harsh-sounding

WordNet

Sound"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words. Dryden.
Sound"ing noun
Definitions
  1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs).
  2. (Naut.) From Sound to fathom. (a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained. (b) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in the plural. (c) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Webster 1913