01 a. Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words.
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Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words.
Entry
3 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Sounding
· Sound·ing
· IPA /ˈsaʊndɪŋ/
02 n. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs).
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The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs).
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measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained.(Naut.)
Phrases & compounds
Sounding lead —
the plummet at the end of a sounding line.
Sounding line —
a line having a plummet at the end, used in making soundings.
Sounding post —
a small post in a violin, violoncello, or similar instrument, set under the bridge as a support, for propagating the sounds to the body of the instrument; -- called also sound post.
Sounding rod —
a rod used to ascertain the depth of water in a ship's hold.
In soundings —
within the eighty-fathom line.