| Definitions of 'sounding' |
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1. (noun) sounding
a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line
2. (adj) sounding
the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)
3. (adj) 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"
4. (adj) sounding
having volume or deepness
"sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth
5. (adj) sounding
making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form
"harsh-sounding"
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| Definitions of 'sounding' |
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1. (adj) sounding
making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words
2. (noun) sounding
the act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs)
3. (noun) sounding
measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained
4. (noun) sounding
any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in the plural
5. (noun) sounding
the sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom
6. sounding
of Sound
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