Definitions for sounding
ˈsaʊn dɪŋsound·ing

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

1. sounding(noun)

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

2. sounding(adj)

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

3. looking, sounding(adj)

   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. sounding(adj)

   having volume or deepness

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

5. sounding(adj)

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

   "harsh-sounding"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sounding(Noun)

   The action of the verb to sound

   The sounding of the bells woke me from sleep

2. sounding(Noun)

   Testing with a probe

3. sounding(Noun)

   A measured depth of water

   The sailor took a sounding every five minutes

4. sounding(Noun)

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

5. sounding(Adjective)

   Emitting a sound.

   The sounding bell woke me up.

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

1. Sounding

   of Sound

2. Sounding(adj)

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

3. Sounding(noun)

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

4. Sounding(noun)

   measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained

5. Sounding(noun)

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

6. Sounding(noun)

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

Origin: [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?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Abigail Adams:

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

2. Abigail Adams:

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

3. Homer:

   Wide-sounding Zeus takes away half a man's worth on the day when slavery comes upon him.

4. Ernesto "Che" Guevara:

   At the risk of sounding ridiculous, a true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.

5. Albert Einstein:

   There is an atmosphere of well-sounding oratory that likes to attach itself to dress clothes. Away with it

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