- sounding⇄adv. soundingly.
- sounding⇄expr. soundings,
a. depths of water found by a sounding.
Ex. Up to the very brink of the coral rampart there are no soundings (Herman Melville).
b. water not more than 100 fathoms (600 feet) deep, which can be measured by an ordinary - sounding⇄expr. take soundings, to try to find out quietly how matters stand.
Ex. Old Dan bears you no malice, I'd lay fifty pounds on it! But, if you like, I'll just step in and take soundings (Charles J. Lever). - sounding⇄sounding (1), adjective.
1. that sounds; causing, emitting, or producing a sound or sounds.
2. making loud sounds; resounding; resonant.
3. sounding fine, but meaning little; pompous; bombastic.
Ex. She used to repeat sounding ph - sounding⇄sounding (2), noun.
1. the act or process of measuring the depth of water with a sounding line, fathometer, sonar, or other means.
2. the depth of water found by this means.
3. an investigation.
4. an examining with a sound or p