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sounding
(mass) | sounding
- znenie, zvučnosť |
sounding
(encz) | sounding,sondování n: Tolda |
sounding
(encz) | sounding,zkoumání n: Tolda |
sounding
(encz) | sounding,znění n: Zdeněk Brož |
sounding
(encz) | sounding,zvučnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Sounding
(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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Sounding
(gcide) | Sounding \Sound"ing\, a.
Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding
words. --Dryden.
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Sounding
(gcide) | Sounding \Sound"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the
senses of the several verbs).
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2. (Naut.) [From Sound to fathom.]
(a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so
ascertained.
(b) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where
a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in
the plural.
(c) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by
the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
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Sounding lead, the plummet at the end of a sounding line.
Sounding line, a line having a plummet at the end, used in
making soundings.
Sounding post (Mus.), a small post in a violin,
violoncello, or similar instrument, set under the bridge
as a support, for propagating the sounds to the body of
the instrument; -- called also sound post.
Sounding rod (Naut.), a rod used to ascertain the depth of
water in a ship's hold.
In soundings, within the eighty-fathom line. --Ham. Nav.
Encyc.
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sounding
(wn) | sounding
adj 1: 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" [syn: looking, sounding]
2: having volume or deepness; "sounding brass and a tinkling
cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"-
Wordsworth
3: making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining
form; "harsh-sounding"
n 1: a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line
2: the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding
line) |
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sounding
(mass) | sounding
- znenie, zvučnosť |
echo sounding
(encz) | echo sounding, n: |
high-sounding
(encz) | high-sounding,honosný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
resounding
(encz) | resounding,hlasitý adj: Zdeněk Brožresounding,zvučný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
resoundingly
(encz) | resoundingly,hlasitě adv: Zdeněk Brožresoundingly,zvučně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
sounding
(encz) | sounding,sondování n: Toldasounding,zkoumání n: Toldasounding,znění n: Zdeněk Brožsounding,zvučnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
sounding board
(encz) | sounding board, |
sounding lead
(encz) | sounding lead, n: |
sounding line
(encz) | sounding line, n: |
sounding rocket
(encz) | sounding rocket, n: |
soundings
(encz) | soundings,měření hloubky pl. Zdeněk Brož |
High-sounding
(gcide) | High-sounding \High"-sound`ing\, a.
Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or
titles.
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In soundings
(gcide) | Sounding \Sound"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the
senses of the several verbs).
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2. (Naut.) [From Sound to fathom.]
(a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so
ascertained.
(b) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where
a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in
the plural.
(c) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by
the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
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Sounding lead, the plummet at the end of a sounding line.
Sounding line, a line having a plummet at the end, used in
making soundings.
Sounding post (Mus.), a small post in a violin,
violoncello, or similar instrument, set under the bridge
as a support, for propagating the sounds to the body of
the instrument; -- called also sound post.
Sounding rod (Naut.), a rod used to ascertain the depth of
water in a ship's hold.
In soundings, within the eighty-fathom line. --Ham. Nav.
Encyc.
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Resounding
(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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Sounding balloon
(gcide) | Sounding balloon \Sound"ing bal*loon"\
An unmanned balloon sent aloft for meteorological or
aeronautic purposes.
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Sounding lead
(gcide) | Sounding \Sound"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the
senses of the several verbs).
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2. (Naut.) [From Sound to fathom.]
(a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so
ascertained.
(b) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where
a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in
the plural.
(c) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by
the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
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Sounding lead, the plummet at the end of a sounding line.
Sounding line, a line having a plummet at the end, used in
making soundings.
Sounding post (Mus.), a small post in a violin,
violoncello, or similar instrument, set under the bridge
as a support, for propagating the sounds to the body of
the instrument; -- called also sound post.
Sounding rod (Naut.), a rod used to ascertain the depth of
water in a ship's hold.
In soundings, within the eighty-fathom line. --Ham. Nav.
Encyc.
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Sounding line
(gcide) | Sounding \Sound"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the
senses of the several verbs).
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2. (Naut.) [From Sound to fathom.]
(a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so
ascertained.
(b) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where
a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in
the plural.
(c) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by
the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
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Sounding lead, the plummet at the end of a sounding line.
Sounding line, a line having a plummet at the end, used in
making soundings.
Sounding post (Mus.), a small post in a violin,
violoncello, or similar instrument, set under the bridge
as a support, for propagating the sounds to the body of
the instrument; -- called also sound post.
Sounding rod (Naut.), a rod used to ascertain the depth of
water in a ship's hold.
In soundings, within the eighty-fathom line. --Ham. Nav.
Encyc.
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Sounding post
(gcide) | Sounding \Sound"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the
senses of the several verbs).
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2. (Naut.) [From Sound to fathom.]
(a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so
ascertained.
(b) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where
a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in
the plural.
(c) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by
the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
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Sounding lead, the plummet at the end of a sounding line.
Sounding line, a line having a plummet at the end, used in
making soundings.
Sounding post (Mus.), a small post in a violin,
violoncello, or similar instrument, set under the bridge
as a support, for propagating the sounds to the body of
the instrument; -- called also sound post.
Sounding rod (Naut.), a rod used to ascertain the depth of
water in a ship's hold.
In soundings, within the eighty-fathom line. --Ham. Nav.
Encyc.
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Sounding rod
(gcide) | Sounding \Sound"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the
senses of the several verbs).
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2. (Naut.) [From Sound to fathom.]
(a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so
ascertained.
(b) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where
a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in
the plural.
(c) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by
the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
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Sounding lead, the plummet at the end of a sounding line.
Sounding line, a line having a plummet at the end, used in
making soundings.
Sounding post (Mus.), a small post in a violin,
violoncello, or similar instrument, set under the bridge
as a support, for propagating the sounds to the body of
the instrument; -- called also sound post.
Sounding rod (Naut.), a rod used to ascertain the depth of
water in a ship's hold.
In soundings, within the eighty-fathom line. --Ham. Nav.
Encyc.
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Sounding-board
(gcide) | Sounding-board \Sound"ing-board`\, n.
1. (Mus.) A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano,
in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.
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2. A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit or
rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker's voice.
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3. pl. See Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise.
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echo sounding
(wn) | echo sounding
n 1: determining the location of something by measuring the time
it takes for an echo to return from it [syn:
echolocation, echo sounding] |
high-sounding
(wn) | high-sounding
adj 1: pretentious (especially with regard to language or
ideals); "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of
the school"; "a high-sounding dissertation on the means
to attain social revolution" [syn: high-flown, {high-
sounding}, inflated] |
resounding
(wn) | resounding
adj 1: characterized by resonance; "a resonant voice"; "hear the
rolling thunder" [syn: resonant, resonating,
resounding, reverberating, reverberative] |
resoundingly
(wn) | resoundingly
adv 1: in a resounding manner; "he then so resoundingly
denounced his former friend" |
sounding
(wn) | sounding
adj 1: 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" [syn: looking, sounding]
2: having volume or deepness; "sounding brass and a tinkling
cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"-
Wordsworth
3: making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining
form; "harsh-sounding"
n 1: a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line
2: the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding
line) |
sounding board
(wn) | sounding board
n 1: a person whose reactions to something serve as an
indication of its acceptability; "I would use newspapermen
as a sounding board for such policies"
2: (music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations
reinforce the sound of the instrument [syn: sounding board,
soundboard] |
sounding lead
(wn) | sounding lead
n 1: a metal bob at the end of a sounding line |
sounding line
(wn) | sounding line
n 1: (nautical) plumb line for determining depth [syn: {lead
line}, sounding line] |
sounding rocket
(wn) | sounding rocket
n 1: a research rocket used to obtain information about the
atmosphere at various altitudes |
SOUNDING IN DAMAGES
(bouvier) | SOUNDING IN DAMAGES. When an action is brought, not for the recovery of
lands, goods, or sums of money, (as is the case in real or mixed actions, or
the personal action of debt or detinue,) but for damages only, as in
covenant, trespass, &c., the action is said to be sounding in damages.
Steph. Pl. 126, 127.
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