Background for sounding

sounding

/ˈsaʊndɪŋ/

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verb

To produce a sound.

Examples :

"When the horn sounds, take cover."

sound action language communication

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verb

To convey an impression by one's sound.

Examples :

"He sounded good when we last spoke."

sound language communication

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verb

To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.

Examples :

"The school bell was sounding, signaling the end of class. "

sound communication media technology

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verb

Examples :

"The bell was sounding loudly throughout the school, signaling the end of class. "

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(often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law.

Examples :

"The legal dispute, while seemingly about property lines, is actually sounding in contract law due to the initial agreement between the neighbors. "

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verb

To cause to produce a sound.

Examples :

"He sounds the instrument."

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(of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.

Examples :

"The teacher is demonstrating how to pronounce the 'th' sound, carefully sounding each letter. "

phonetics language linguistics grammar

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verb

Dive downwards, used of a whale.

Examples :

"The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive."

animal nautical ocean biology

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To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.

Examples :

"When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal."

communication mind person action

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Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.

Examples :

"Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope."

nautical sailing ocean sound device

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verb

To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.

Examples :

"to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra"

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noun

The action of the verb to sound.

Examples :

"The sounding of the school bell signaled the end of the lunch break. "

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adjective

Emitting a sound.

Examples :

"The sounding bell woke me up."

sound physics sensation

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adjective

Examples :

"The church bell had a deep, sounding tone that echoed through the town. "

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noun

Test made with a probe or sonde.

Examples :

"The oceanographer carefully analyzed the sounding from the research vessel to understand the depth and composition of the seabed. "

technical science medicine

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noun

A measured depth of water.

Examples :

"The sailor took a sounding every five minutes"

nautical ocean sailing

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noun

The act of inserting of a thin metal rod into the urethra of the penis for medical or sexual purposes

Examples :

"Due to the potential for infection and injury, sounding should only be performed by a qualified medical professional. "

medicine sex body anatomy action

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noun

(chiefly in the plural) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom.

Examples :

"The ship's captain consulted the nautical chart to avoid the shallows and navigate safely through known soundings. "

nautical ocean geography

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noun

The sand, shells, etc. brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.

Examples :

"The sounding showed the depth of the lake was ten feet. "

nautical ocean sailing