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sounded
(encz) | sounded,zněl |
Sounded
(gcide) | Sound \Sound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sounded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sounding.] [F. sonder; cf. AS. sundgyrd a sounding rod,
sundline a sounding line (see Sound a narrow passage of
water).]
1. To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to
ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.
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2. Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts,
motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try;
to test; to probe.
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I was in jest,
And by that offer meant to sound your breast.
--Dryden.
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I've sounded my Numidians man by man. --Addison.
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3. (Med.) To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a
sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by
auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient.
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sounded
(encz) | sounded,zněl |
unsounded
(encz) | unsounded, adj: |
Resounded
(gcide) | Resound \Re*sound"\ (r?*zound"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Resounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Resounding.] [OE. resounen,
OF. resoner, F. r['e]sonner, from L. resonare; pref. re- re-
+ sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to make a noise.]
1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far.
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2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound
with song.
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3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame . .
. resounds back to them again." --South.
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4. To be mentioned much and loudly. --Milton.
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5. To echo or reverberate; to be resonant; as, the earth
resounded with his praise.
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Unsounded
(gcide) | Unsounded \Unsounded\
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unsounded
(wn) | unsounded
adj 1: situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have
been sounded or plumbed; "the profound depths of the
sea"; "the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"-Thomas Gray;
"unplumbed depths of the sea"; "remote and unsounded
caverns" [syn: profound, unfathomed, unplumbed,
unsounded]
2: not made to sound; "the silent `h' at the beginning of
`honor'"; "in French certain letters are often unsounded"
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