sounding meaning and definition

SOUNDING noun

Definition of sounding (noun)

1. a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line
2. the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)

SOUNDING adjective

Definition of sounding (adjective)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: looking
2. having volume or deepness
   • "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth
3. making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form
   • "harsh-sounding"