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Adjective sounding has 3 senses

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"
Antonym: profound (indirect, via superficial)
sounding - having volume or depth; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth
Antonym: thin (indirect, via full)
sounding - making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form; "harsh-sounding"
Antonyms: inaudible, unhearable (indirect, via audible)

Noun sounding has 2 senses

sounding - a measure of the depth of water taken by sounding
--₁ is a kind of depth

Derived form: verb sound₇
sounding - the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)
--₂ is a kind of measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration

Derived form: verb sound₇

Verb sound has 7 senses

sound - appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting"
--₁ is one way to look, appear, seem
Sample sentence:
John will sound angry
sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
--₂ is one way to cause to be perceived

Derived forms: noun sound₅, noun sound₄, noun sound₃, noun sound₁
Sample sentence:
The woods sound with many kinds of birds
sound - give off a certain sound or sounds; "This record sounds scratchy"

Derived forms: noun sound₃, noun sound₄, noun sound₂, noun sound₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
sound - announce by means of a sound; "sound the alarm"
--₄ is one way to announce, denote

Derived forms: noun sound₆, noun sound₅, noun sound₄, noun sound₃, noun sound₂, noun sound₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise - utter with vibrating vocal chords
--₅ is one way to pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say

Derived forms: noun sound₆, noun sonant₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
sound - cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"

Derived forms: noun sound₄, noun sound₃, noun sound₂, noun sound₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
fathom, sound - measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
--₇ is one way to quantify, measure

Derived forms: noun sound₈, noun sounder₁, noun sounding₁, noun sounding₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something