sounding in English

adjective

1

giving forth sound, especially loud or resonant sound.

he went in with a sounding plunge

noun

1

the action or process of measuring the depth of the sea or other body of water.

The tedium of dredging and sounding very likely accounted for the high attrition of ship's personnel by desertion.

2

information or evidence ascertained as a preliminary step before deciding on a course of action.

he's been taking soundings about the possibility of moving his offices

verb

1

emit or cause to emit sound.

a loud buzzer sounded

synonyms: make a noise, resonate, resound, reverberate, go off, blare, ring, chime, peal, blow, blast, toot, blare, operate, set off, ring

2

convey a specified impression when heard.

he sounded worried

3

ascertain (the depth of water), typically by means of a line or pole or using sound echoes.

Then he bangs four more times, as if sounding the echoey depths of a hidden chamber.

synonyms: measure, gauge, determine, test, investigate, survey, plumb, fathom, probe

4

question (someone), typically in a cautious or discreet way, as to their opinions or feelings on a subject.

we'll sound out our representatives first

5

(especially of a whale) dive down steeply to a great depth.

They came within about 20 feet of the rail, then, sounding , dove.

adjective

looking

verb

make a noise, blow, pronounce, utter, appear, measure, vocalize, go, fathom
make a noise, resonate, resound, reverberate, go off, blare, ring, chime, peal
blow, blast, toot, blare, operate, set off, ring
pronounce, verbalize, voice, enunciate, articulate, vocalize, say
utter, voice, deliver, express, speak, announce, pronounce
appear, look (like), seem, strike someone as being, give every indication of being, come across as
measure, gauge, determine, test, investigate, survey, plumb, fathom, probe
vocalize, vocalise, voice
go
fathom

Use "sounding" in a sentence

1. for zone # a sounding pole or a sounding lead or another appropriate device

2. They were sounding the river.

3. 17 Sounding of fire alarm.

4. Asonant meaning Not sounding or sounded.

5. Asonant (not comparable) Not sounding or sounded

6. She despised herself for sounding so defensive.

7. Sounding the first four trumpets (7-12)

8. Bonkers is a funny-sounding word

9. As a clarion sounding, light returns.

10. • Sounding rockets and instrument payloads (Bristol Aerospace).

11. Sounding reference signals in asymmetric carrier aggregation

12. A balloon popped, sounding like a gunshot.

13. Or it's something medical sounding, like dysesthesia.

14. Bombastic: Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated; extravagant

15. Buccinal - Shaped or sounding like a trumpet; trumpetlike

16. He should check his facts before sounding off.

17. He is fond of using high - sounding phrases.

18. Avocation is too formal-sounding for your purpose

19. Far away he could hear trumpeters sounding reveille.

20. Electronic chart-plotters and sonar sounding devices

21. Bathymetry by drone Bathymetry: Measurement by sounding the seabed

22. Bewilder is a fun-sounding word for confusion-causing

23. + 18 They make high-sounding statements that are empty.

24. She smiled Contritely, her voice sounding oh so reasonable

25. We'll always justify our actions with noble sounding theories.

26. ~ Awkward sounding; By the time is more commonly used

27. Alliterations are sentences which have similar sounding starting words

28. A faster sounding alarm is a signal to evacuate.

29. He's always sounding off about falling standards in education.

30. What a discordant trumpet call these are sounding!

31. I called Mum, sounding all sad and pathetic.

32. Bathymeter definition is - a device for the sounding of depths.

33. Probably the craziest sounding project we have is Project Loon.

34. I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

35. What does Buccinal mean? Shaped or sounding like a trumpet

36. Scheduling mechanisms for media access control protection and channel sounding

37. Also not say whatever to do special high sounding speech?

38. 9 He needed a sounding board rather than thinking alone.

39. I tried to emphasize my good points without sounding boastful.

40. Beholder names are very diverse, but tend to be more melodic sounding in the first half, and harsher sounding in the second half of their names

41. 'What do you want?' he asked, sounding slightly truculent.

42. Said multiplexing step is characterized by multiplexing said periodic sounding reference signal and said additional sounding reference signal along a frequency axis or a time axis.

43. Sounding reference signal transmission method and apparatus in carrier aggregation scenario

44. They all burst out laughing, sounding like a gaggle of geese.

45. At the risk of sounding ungrateful, I must refuse your offer.

46. He's always sounding off about how he would manage the firm.

47. Airs along with its partner microwave instrument the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU-A), represents the most advanced atmospheric sounding system ever deployed in space.

48. On what basis can the above impossible-sounding assertion be made?

49. Many literary academics simply parrot a set of impressive-sounding phrases.

50. Now it is an American economist who is sounding the alarm .