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  Definition of sounding
  1. the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)
  2. a measure of the depth of water taken by sounding
  3. making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form; "harsh-sounding"
  4. having volume or depth; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth
  5. 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 b
Similar Words: looking

 

Derivational Morphology: fathom, sound

 

 
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