adj
Meaning 1
Emitting a sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The sounding bell woke me up.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sounding
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: soundʹĭng
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊndɪŋ/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -aʊndɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: S AW1 N D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Sonorous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The action of the verb to sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A test made with a probe or sonde.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A measured depth of water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- The sailor took a sounding every five minutes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, in-plural, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 7
The sand, shells, etc. brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 8
The act of inserting of a thin metal rod into the urethra of the penis for medical or sexual purposes.(See urethral sounding).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
Meaning 9
present participle and gerund of sound
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 10
making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- harsh-sounding
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adjective satellite
Meaning 11
having volume or deepness- Wordsworth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal
- the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion
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adjective satellite
Meaning 12
appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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 by high-sounding talk
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: looking
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration
noun
Meaning 14
a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: depth, deepness
History
Etymology
From sound (“produce a sound”) + -ing.
From sound (“measure depths”) + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: сондиране (sondirane) — test made with a probe
- Catalan: sondar — test made with a probe
- German: Sondierung — test made with a probe
- Indonesian: pendugaan — test made with a probe
- Malay: pemeruman — test made with a probe
- Portuguese: sondagem — test made with a probe
- Russian: зонди́рование (zondírovanije) — test made with a probe
- Spanish: sondeo — test made with a probe
- Spanish: sonda — test made with a probe
- Turkish: sondaj — test made with a probe
Real reading context