Meaning & Definition of Sounding in English

1. A measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line

2. The act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)

1. 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"

2. Having volume or deepness

• "Sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"

• "The sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- wordsworth

3. Making or having a sound as specified

• Used as a combining form

• "Harsh-sounding"