1. Making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form
   "harsh-sounding"
    
2. Appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
   "fine-sounding phrases"; "taken in by high-sounding talk";
   - looking
    
3. Having volume or deepness
   "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"

1. The act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)
   "The ship's crew took regular soundings to avoid running aground in shallow waters"
    
2. A measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line
   "The captain ordered frequent soundings as they approached the rocky coastline"

1. Make a certain noise or sound
   "She sounded 'Mmmmm'";
   - go
    
2. Give off a certain sound or sounds
   "This record sounds scratchy"
    
3. Appear in a certain way
   "This sounds interesting"
    
4. Utter with vibrating vocal chords
   "She sounded the alarm when she saw smoke";
   - voice, vocalize, vocalise [Brit]
    
5. Announce by means of a sound
   "sound the alarm"
    
6. Cause to sound
   "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"
    
7. Measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
   "They sounded the lake to create a depth chart";
   - fathom

Derived forms: soundings

See also: audible, full, hearable, sound off, superficial

Type of: announce, appear, articulate, cause, cause to be perceived, deepness, denote, depth, emit, enounce [archaic], enunciate, get, give off, give out, have, induce, look, make, measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration, pronounce, quantify, quantitate, say, seem, sound out, stimulate

Encyclopedia: Sounding