sounding

Noun
  1. A measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line (synset 105142716)
    is a type of: deepness, depth - the extent downward or backward or inward
  2. The act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line) (synset 101006903)
    is a type of: measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration - the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
Adjective
  1. Appearing to be as specified;
    Usually used as combining forms (synset 301880985)
    "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"
    similar to: superficial - concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually
    same as: looking
  2. Having volume or deepness (synset 301460679)
    "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"
    similar to: full - (of sound) having marked deepness and body
  3. Making or having a sound as specified;
    Used as a combining form (synset 300175504)
    "harsh-sounding"
    similar to: audible, hearable - heard or perceptible by the ear

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