Definitions for: Sounding


[n] the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)
[n] a measure of the depth of water taken by sounding
[adj] making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form; "harsh-sounding"
[adj] having volume or depth; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth
[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"



Webster (1913) Definition: Sound"ing, a.
Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding
words. --Dryden.


Sound"ing, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the
senses of the several verbs).

2. (Naut.) [From Sound to fathom.]
(a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so
ascertained.
(b) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where
a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in
the plural.
(c) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by
the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.

Sounding lead, the plummet at the end of a sounding line.


Sounding line, a line having a plummet at the end, used in
making soundings.

Sounding post (Mus.), a small post in a violin,
violoncello, or similar instrument, set under the bridge
as a support, for propagating the sounds to the body of
the instrument; -- called also sound post.

Sounding rod (Naut.), a rod used to ascertain the depth of
water in a ship's hold.

In soundings, within the eighty-fathom line. --Ham. Nav.
Encyc.

Synonyms: audible, full, hearable, looking, superficial

See Also: depth, measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration

Try our:
Scrabble Word Finder

Scrabble Cheat

Words With Friends Cheat

Hanging With Friends Cheat

Scramble With Friends Cheat

Ruzzle Cheat



Related Resources:
f letter animals
animals starting with v
animals beginning with e