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1. (noun)
sounding
a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line
2. (noun)
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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