sounding
noun
- act or process of seeming, appearing, to the ear
- act or process of making a sound, producing noise
- depth measuring, environmental probe
adjective
- seem, appear, to the ear
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊndɪŋ/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English sound English -ing English sounding From sound (“produce a sound”) + -ing.
- Emitting a sound.
“The sounding bell woke me up.”
- Sonorous.
“sounding words”
“In her tomb by the sounding sea.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English sound English -ing English sounding From sound (“measure depths”) + -ing.
- A test made with a probe or sonde.
“Soundings showed wide variations in depths of water, and from the dredgings of the bottom came new types of sediment […]”
“Morning sounding at Chatham showed dry adiabatic lapse rate all the way to 700 mb this morning […]”
- A measured depth of water.
“The sailor took a sounding every five minutes”
- Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom.
“We'll rant and we'll roar across the salt seas; Until we strike soundings in the Channel of old England”
- The sand, shells, etc. brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
- The act of inserting of a thin metal rod into the urethra of the penis for medical or sexual purposes.(See urethral sounding).
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English sound English -ing English sounding From sound (“produce a sound”) + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of sound
“Little Mary was sounding very sleepy, so I tucked her in bed.”
“"Assist"'s sense ‘to be present (at a ceremony, entertainment, etc.)’, now uncommon and sounding affected, is a Gallicism.”