SOUNDING
/ΛsaΚndΙͺΕ/
10
Scrabble
14
WWF
S(1) O(1) U(1) N(1) D(2) I(1) N(1) G(2)
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Definition
/ΛsaΚndΙͺΕ/
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.
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.”
noun
- The action of the verb to sound.
adjective
- Emitting a sound.“The sounding bell woke me up.”
- Sonorous.
Source: Wiktionary
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