sounding

sounding
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. ringing, thudding, bumping, roaring, calling, thundering, booming, crashing, clattering, clinking, clanging, tinkling, whispering, pinging, rattling, rumbling, ticking, crying, clicking, reverberating, echoing, pattering, clucking, chirping, peeping, growling, grunting, bellowing, murmuring, soughing, whirring, splattering, screeching, screaming, squealing, making a noise, making a sound, making a racket, making a clatter, etc.; see also noise n. 1 .

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  • Sounding — can refer to:*Determination of the depth of water usually in the sea. Originally using a weighted line called a lead line, more recently using **Echo sounding *Whale sounding, the act of diving by whales *an atmospheric sounding *various methods… …   Wikipedia

  • Sounding — Sound ing, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs). [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) [From {Sound} to fathom.] (a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained. (b) Any place or part of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sounding — sounding1 [soun′diŋ] adj. 1. making or giving forth sound 2. resonant; sonorous 3. high sounding; bombastic sounding2 [soun′diŋ] n. 1. a) the act of measuring the depth or examining the bottom of a body of water, etc. with or as with …   English World dictionary

  • sounding — ► NOUN 1) the action of sounding the depth of water. 2) a measurement taken by sounding. 3) (soundings) information or evidence ascertained before taking action …   English terms dictionary

  • Sounding — Sound ing, a. Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sounding — index resounding Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • sounding — 1. n. 1 a the action or process of measuring the depth of water, now usu. by means of echo. b an instance of this (took a sounding). 2 (in pl.) a a region close to the shore of the right depth for sounding. b Naut. measurements taken by sounding …   Useful english dictionary

  • -sounding — [[t] saʊndɪŋ[/t]] COMB in ADJ GRADED sounding combines with adjectives to indicate a quality that a word, phrase, or name seems to have. → See also high sounding Many literary academics simply parrot a set of impressive sounding phrases.… …   English dictionary

  • Sounding — Sound Sound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sounding}.] [F. sonder; cf. AS. sundgyrd a sounding rod, sundline a sounding line (see {Sound} a narrow passage of water).] 1. To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sounding — 1. noun /ˈsaʊndɪŋ,ˈsoʊndɪŋ/ a) The action of the verb to sound The sounding of the bells woke me from sleep b) Testing with a probe The sailor took a sounding every five minutes 2. adjective /ˈsaʊndɪŋ,ˈsoʊndɪŋ/ Emitting a sound …   Wiktionary

  • sounding — sounding1 noun 1》 the action of sounding the depth of water.     ↘a measurement taken by sounding.     ↘the determination of any physical property at a depth in the sea or at a height in the atmosphere. 2》 (soundings) information or evidence… …   English new terms dictionary

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