What does sounding mean?
Definitions for sounding
ˈsaʊn dɪŋsound·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
soundingnoun
a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line
soundingadjective
the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)
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"
soundingadjective
having volume or deepness
"sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth
soundingadjective
making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form
"harsh-sounding"
Wiktionary
soundingnoun
The action of the verb to sound
The sounding of the bells woke me from sleep
soundingnoun
Testing with a probe
soundingnoun
A measured depth of water
The sailor took a sounding every five minutes
soundingnoun
The act of inserting of a thin metal rod into the urethra of the penis for medical or sexual purposes
soundingadjective
Emitting a sound.
The sounding bell woke me up.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Soundingadjective
Sonorous; having a magnificent sound.
Etymology: from sound.
Obsolete words may then be revived, when more sounding or more significant than those in practice. Dryden.
ChatGPT
sounding
Sounding refers to the action or process of measuring the depth of an area of water, typically using a line or pole, or by using sound waves. It can also refer to the action of producing or causing to produce a certain sound or echoing noise. In a broader sense, it can also mean exploring or investigating something.
Webster Dictionary
Sounding
of Sound
Soundingadjective
making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words
Soundingnoun
the act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs)
Soundingnoun
measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained
Soundingnoun
any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in the plural
Soundingnoun
the sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom
Etymology: [From Sound to fathom.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
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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Anagrams for sounding »
undoings
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sounding in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sounding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of sounding in a Sentence
You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given deeds of war, and to another the dance, to another lyre and song, and in another wide-sounding Zeus puts a good mind.
SoFi Stadium Im a fan of alliteration, so I love it, that may be very 10th-grade English of me, but I think its a very natural-sounding name.
I was waiting at the red light. After passing the intersection a car chased after me and kept sounding the horn, the driver told me a kid fell out of my van. I looked back, parked my van aside, and went back to search for my grandson.
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.
Veteran WCF critics frame World Congress of Families as being in favor of family and life and religious freedom, but really what Veteran WCF critics mean is simply different ways of restricting peoples human rights, instead of talking about religious values, Veteran WCF critics've taken the same idea but have put it through a secularizing washing machine so it comes out sounding like modern human rights language.
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- znítCzech
- klingendeDanish
- LotenGerman
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- صداییPersian
- kuulostavaFinnish
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- लगHindi
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- bunyiIndonesian
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- canentesLatin
- klinkendDutch
- klingendeNorwegian
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- зондированиеRussian
- lodningSwedish
- ஒலித்தல்Tamil
- การทำให้เกิดเสียงThai
- sondajTurkish
- зондуванняUkrainian
- آوازUrdu
- kêuVietnamese
- סאַונדינגYiddish
- 探空Chinese
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