Definitions for sounding
ˈsaʊn dɪŋsound·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. soundingnoun

   a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line

2. soundingadjective

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

3. looking, soundingadjective

   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. soundingadjective

   having volume or deepness

   "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth

5. soundingadjective

   making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form

   "harsh-sounding"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. soundingnoun

   The action of the verb to sound

   The sounding of the bells woke me from sleep

2. soundingnoun

   Testing with a probe

3. soundingnoun

   A measured depth of water

   The sailor took a sounding every five minutes

4. soundingnoun

   The act of inserting of a thin metal rod into the urethra of the penis for medical or sexual purposes

5. soundingadjective

   Emitting a sound.

   The sounding bell woke me up.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sounding

   of Sound

2. Soundingadjective

   making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words

3. Soundingnoun

   the act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs)

4. Soundingnoun

   measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained

5. Soundingnoun

   any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in the plural

6. Soundingnoun

   the sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom

7. Etymology: [From Sound to fathom.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sounding

   The operation of ascertaining the depth of the sea, and the quality of the ground, by means of a lead and line, sunk from a ship to the bottom, where some of the ooze or sand adheres to the tallow in the hollow base of the lead. Also, the vertical diving of a whale when struck. It is supposed to strike the bottom, and will take 3 or 4 coils of whale-line, equal to 2000 feet.

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1. undoings

How to pronounce sounding?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sounding in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sounding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of sounding in a Sentence

1. Jena Griswold:

   There are a lot of barriers being put up from the administration -- whether that's trying to force Americans to risk their very lives to cast a ballot, to meddling with the Post Office, sabotaging the way we deliver mail, to falsehoods and lies about vote by mail, so, I just think it's so important that every elected official, every elections official and every American citizen start sounding the alarm. The rhetoric coming out of the White House is something that you hear under dictatorships, not in the United States. We have to act. We can not allow him to tilt this election.

2. Loren Weisman:

   When marketing is not grounded in a foundation of authentic messaging with authority, integrity and ability, it can end up costing worlds more, saying worlds less and sounding the same as so many others.

3. Glen Casada:

   I'm just sounding the alarm. And I didn't know what else to do, they're going to sneak into our country and they're going to attack us.

4. Ko Sai:

   We just heard a loud noise sounding like thunder and saw that the huge mountain collapsed and a huge wave of rubble was moving and sprawling on a wide area, it was just like a nightmare.

5. Abigail Adams:

   We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

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