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Meaning of sounding in English
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/ˈsaʊndɪŋ/
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Classifying Adjective
sounding
Definitions
1.
appearing to be as specified
Examples
« 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 b »
Synonyms
superficial
2.
having volume or depth
Examples
« sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal »
« the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion- Wordsworth »
Synonyms
full
3.
making or having a sound as specified
Examples
« used as a combining form »
« harsh-sounding »
Synonyms
audible
hearable
Noun
sounding
Definitions
1.
a measure of the depth of water taken by sounding
2.
the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)