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sounding sounding definition

sounding


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  sound 
 
  4  of  7  senses  of  sound 
 
  Sense  2 
  sound,  go 
  =>  snarl 
  =>  whistle,  sing 
  =>  blow 
  =>  ting 
  =>  make  noise,  resound,  noise 
  =>  splat 
  =>  twang 
  =>  clang,  clangor 
  =>  clank 
  =>  clangor,  clangour 
  =>  boom,  boom  out 
  =>  drum,  beat  thrum 
  =>  rattle 
  =>  tick,  ticktock,  ticktack,  beat 
  =>  resonate 
  =>  tweet,  twirp 
  =>  skirl 
  =>  gurgle 
  =>  glug 
  =>  blow 
  =>  whish 
  =>  guggle 
  =>  ping 
  =>  ping,  knock 
  =>  trump 
  =>  squelch 
  =>  chug 
  =>  ring,  peal 
  =>  buzz,  bombinate,  bombilate 
  =>  chime 
  =>  rustle 
  =>  snap,  crack 
  =>  crack 
  =>  honk,  blare,  beep,  claxon,  toot 
  =>  whistle 
  =>  resound,  echo,  ring,  reverberate 
  =>  thud,  thump 
  =>  crump,  thud,  crunch,  scrunch 
  =>  clop,  clump,  clunk,  plunk 
  =>  patter,  pitter-patter 
  =>  tap,  rap,  knock,  pink 
  =>  click  tick 
  =>  chatter,  click 
  =>  pop 
  =>  tinkle,  tink,  clink,  chink 
  =>  splash,  splosh,  slosh,  slush 
  =>  hum,  thrum 
  =>  bleep 
  =>  rumble,  grumble 
  =>  boom,  din 
  =>  bang 
  =>  ripple,  babble,  guggle,  burble,  bubble,  gurgle 
  =>  lap,  swish,  swosh 
  =>  drone 
  =>  whizz,  whiz,  whirr,  whir,  birr,  purr 
  =>  roll 
 
  Sense  3 
  sound 
  =>  cackel 
  =>  play 
  =>  dissonate 
  =>  pierce 
  =>  speak 
 
  Sense  5 
  voice,  sound,  vocalize,  vocalise 
  =>  chirk 
  =>  quaver,  waver 
 
  Sense  6 
  sound 
  =>  play 
  =>  blow 
  =>  twang 
  =>  gong 
  =>  ting 
  =>  strum,  thrum 
  =>  ring,  knell 
  =>  clink 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  sound 
 
  4  of  7  senses  of  sound 
 
  Sense  2 
  sound,  go 
  =>  snarl 
  =>  whistle,  sing 
  =>  blow 
  =>  ting 
  =>  make  noise,  resound,  noise 
  =>  sizzle 
  =>  roar,  howl 
  =>  vroom 
  =>  yawp,  bawl 
  =>  thunder 
  =>  purl 
  =>  honk,  claxon 
  =>  hum 
  =>  crunch,  scranch,  scraunch,  crackle 
  =>  squeak,  screech,  creak,  screak,  skreak 
  =>  racket 
  =>  clatter,  clack,  brattle 
  =>  stridulate,  clitter 
  =>  drown  out 
  =>  jingle,  jinglejangle,  jangle 
  =>  scream 
  =>  backfire 
  =>  ring  out 
  =>  blast,  blare 
  =>  splat 
  =>  twang 
  =>  clang,  clangor 
  =>  clank 
  =>  clangor,  clangour 
  =>  boom,  boom  out 
  =>  drum,  beat  thrum 
  =>  rattle 
  =>  ruckle 
  =>  crepitate,  crackle 
  =>  tick,  ticktock,  ticktack,  beat 
  =>  resonate 
  =>  purr,  make  vibrant  sounds 
  =>  tweet,  twirp 
  =>  skirl 
  =>  gurgle 
  =>  glug 
  =>  blow 
  =>  whish 
  =>  guggle 
  =>  ping 
  =>  ping,  knock 
  =>  trump 
  =>  squelch 
  =>  chug 
  =>  ring,  peal 
  =>  ding,  dong,  dingdong 
  =>  tintinnabulate 
  =>  toll,  peal 
  =>  knell 
  =>  buzz,  bombinate,  bombilate 
  =>  chime 
  =>  rustle 
  =>  snap,  crack 
  =>  crack 
  =>  honk,  blare,  beep,  claxon,  toot 
  =>  tootle 
  =>  whistle 
  =>  resound,  echo,  ring,  reverberate 
  =>  reverberate,  consonate 
  =>  reecho 
  =>  reecho 
  =>  bong 
  =>  thud,  thump 
  =>  crump,  thud,  crunch,  scrunch 
  =>  clop,  clump,  clunk,  plunk 
  =>  patter,  pitter-patter 
  =>  tap,  rap,  knock,  pink 
  =>  click  tick 
  =>  chatter,  click 
  =>  pop 
  =>  sputter 
  =>  tinkle,  tink,  clink,  chink 
  =>  splash,  splosh,  slosh,  slush 
  =>  hum,  thrum 
  =>  bleep 
  =>  rumble,  grumble 
  =>  boom,  din 
  =>  bang 
  =>  ripple,  babble,  guggle,  burble,  bubble,  gurgle 
  =>  lap,  swish,  swosh 
  =>  drone 
  =>  whizz,  whiz,  whirr,  whir,  birr,  purr 
  =>  roll 
 
  Sense  3 
  sound 
  =>  cackel 
  =>  play 
  =>  dissonate 
  =>  pierce 
  =>  speak 
 
  Sense  5 
  voice,  sound,  vocalize,  vocalise 
  =>  chirk 
  =>  quaver,  waver 
 
  Sense  6 
  sound 
  =>  play 
  =>  skirl 
  =>  beat 
  =>  tweedle 
  =>  chord 
  =>  pipe 
  =>  drum 
  =>  harp 
  =>  fiddle 
  =>  trumpet 
  =>  clarion 
  =>  blow 
  =>  twang 
  =>  gong 
  =>  ting 
  =>  strum,  thrum 
  =>  ring,  knell 
  =>  toll 
  =>  clink 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  sound 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  sound 
 
  7  senses  of  sound 
 
  Sense  1 
  sound 
  =>  look  appear,  seem 
 
  Sense  2 
  sound,  go 
  =>  cause  to  be  perceived 
 
  Sense  3 
  sound 
 
  Sense  4 
  sound 
  =>  announce,  denote 
 
  Sense  5 
  voice,  sound,  vocalize,  vocalise 
  =>  pronounce,  articulate,  enounce,  sound  out  enunciate,  say 
 
  Sense  6 
  sound 
  Also  See->  sound  off#2 
 
  Sense  7 
  fathom,  sound 
  =>  quantify,  measure 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  sound 
 
  sound  used  as  a  verb  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  7) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  sound 
 
  Sense  1 
  sound 
  =>  look  appear,  seem 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  sound,  go 
  =>  cause  to  be  perceived 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  3 
  sound 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  4 
  sound 
  =>  announce,  denote 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  5 
  voice,  sound,  vocalize,  vocalise 
  =>  pronounce,  articulate,  enounce,  sound  out  enunciate,  say 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  6 
  sound 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  7 
  fathom,  sound 
  =>  quantify,  measure 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  sounding 
  echo  sounding 
  sounding 
  sounding  board 
  sounding  lead 
  sounding  line 
  sounding  rocket 
 
  Overview  of  noun  sounding 
 
  The  noun  sounding  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  sounding  --  (a  measure  of  the  depth  of  water  taken  by  sounding) 
  2.  sounding  --  (the  act  of  measuring  depth  of  water  (usually  with  a  sounding  line)) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  sound 
 
  The  verb  sound  has  7  senses  (first  5  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (39)  sound  --  (appear  in  a  certain  way  "This  sounds  interesting") 
  2.  (14)  sound,  go  --  (make  a  certain  noise  or  sound;  "She  went  `Mmmmm'";  "The  gun  went  `bang'") 
  3.  (9)  sound  --  (give  off  a  certain  sound  or  sounds:  "This  record  sounds  scratchy") 
  4.  (1)  sound  --  (announce  by  means  of  a  sound;  "sound  the  alarm") 
  5.  (1)  voice,  sound,  vocalize,  vocalise  --  (utter  with  vibrating  vocal  chords) 
  6.  sound  --  (cause  to  sound;  "sound  the  bell") 
  7.  fathom,  sound  --  (measure  depths  with  a  sounding  line  as  of  a  body  of  water) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  sounding 
 
  The  adj  sounding  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  looking,  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") 
  2.  sounding  --  (having  volume  or  depth;  "sounding  brass  and  a  tinkling  cymbal";  "the  sounding  cataract  haunted  me  like  a  passion"-  Wordsworth) 
  3.  sounding  --  (making  or  having  a  sound  as  specified;  used  as  a  combining  form  "harsh-sounding") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  sounding 
 
  3  senses  of  sounding 
 
  Sense  1 
  looking,  sounding 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  superficial)  ->  profound 
 
  Sense  2 
  sounding 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  full)  ->  thin 
 
  Sense  3 
  sounding 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  audible)  ->  inaudible,  unhearable 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  sounding 
 
  3  senses  of  sounding 
 
  Sense  1 
  looking,  sounding 
  =>  superficial  (vs.  profound) 
 
  Sense  2 
  sounding 
  =>  full  (vs.  thin) 
 
  Sense  3 
  sounding 
  =>  audible  (vs.  inaudible),  hearable 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  sounding 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  sounding 
 
  sounding  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  sounding 
  high-sounding 
  resounding 
  sounding 
 
  Overview  of  noun  sounding 
 
  The  noun  sounding  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  sounding  --  (a  measure  of  the  depth  of  water  taken  by  sounding) 
  2.  sounding  --  (the  act  of  measuring  depth  of  water  (usually  with  a  sounding  line)) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  sound 
 
  The  verb  sound  has  7  senses  (first  5  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (39)  sound  --  (appear  in  a  certain  way  "This  sounds  interesting") 
  2.  (14)  sound,  go  --  (make  a  certain  noise  or  sound;  "She  went  `Mmmmm'";  "The  gun  went  `bang'") 
  3.  (9)  sound  --  (give  off  a  certain  sound  or  sounds:  "This  record  sounds  scratchy") 
  4.  (1)  sound  --  (announce  by  means  of  a  sound;  "sound  the  alarm") 
  5.  (1)  voice,  sound,  vocalize,  vocalise  --  (utter  with  vibrating  vocal  chords) 
  6.  sound  --  (cause  to  sound;  "sound  the  bell") 
  7.  fathom,  sound  --  (measure  depths  with  a  sounding  line  as  of  a  body  of  water) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  sounding 
 
  The  adj  sounding  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  looking,  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") 
  2.  sounding  --  (having  volume  or  depth;  "sounding  brass  and  a  tinkling  cymbal";  "the  sounding  cataract  haunted  me  like  a  passion"-  Wordsworth) 
  3.  sounding  --  (making  or  having  a  sound  as  specified;  used  as  a  combining  form  "harsh-sounding") 



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