sounding

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I - noun

1. a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line
• Derivationally related forms:
sound
• Hypernyms:
depth, deepness
2. the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)
• Derivationally related forms:
sound
• Hypernyms:
measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration

II - adjective

1. appearing to be as specified;
usually used as combining forms (Freq. 2)
- 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
• Syn:
looking
• Similar to:
superficial
2. having volume or deepness
- sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal
- "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth
• Similar to:
full
3. making or having a sound as specified;
used as a combining form
- harsh-sounding
• Similar to:
audible, hearable