| a. | 1. | Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; | |||||||||||||||
| n. | 1. | The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs). | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | (Naut.) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained.
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| Noun | 1. | sounding - a measure of the depth of water taken by sounding |
| 2. | sounding - the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line) | |
| Adj. | 1. | sounding - appearing to be as specified; 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 by high-sounding talk" Synonyms: looking |
| 2. | sounding - having volume or depth; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth | |
| 3. | sounding - making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form; "harsh-sounding" |