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

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)

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

Derived forms: soundings

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

Type of: announce, appear, articulate, cause to be perceived, deepness, denote, depth, enounce, enunciate, look, measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration, pronounce, quantify, quantitate, say, seem, sound out

Encyclopedia: Sounding