Sounding
/ˈsaʊndɪŋ/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:14 pts8 letters
Definition of Sounding
verb
- To produce a sound.
"When the horn sounds, take cover."
- To convey an impression by one's sound.
"He sounded good when we last spoke."
- To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
- To resound.
- (often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law.
verb
- Dive downwards, used of a whale.
"The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive."
- To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
"When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal."
- Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
"Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope."
- To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
"to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra"
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