| Noun | 1. | sounding - a measure of the depth of water taken by soundingdepth - extent downward or backward or inward; "the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet" | |
| 2. | sounding - the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line) | |
| Adj. | 1. | sounding - 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 by high-sounding talk"superficial - being or affecting or concerned with a surface; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually; "superficial similarities"; "a superficial mind"; "his thinking was superficial and fuzzy"; "superficial knowledge"; "the superficial report didn't give the true picture"; "only superficial differences" | |
| 2. | sounding - having volume or depth; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworthfull - (of sound) having marked depth and body; "full tones"; "a full voice" | |
| 3. | sounding - making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form; "harsh-sounding"audible, hearable - heard or perceptible by the ear; "he spoke in an audible whisper" | |