sounding meaning
EN
[ˈsaʊndɪŋ] [-aʊndɪŋ] WSounding
- Sounding generally refers to a mechanism of probing the environment by sending out some kind of stimulus.
- Sounding or soundings may refer to:
- Soundings (journal), an academic journal of leftist political thinking
- "Soundings" (radio drama), science fiction radio drama series produced from 1985 to 1989 in Ottawa
- Whale sounding, the act of diving by whales
- NounPLsoundingsSUF-ing
- The action of the verb to sound.
- Test made with a probe or sonde.
- A measured depth of water.
- The sailor took a sounding every five minutes
- The act of inserting of a thin metal rod into the urethra of the penis for medical or sexual purposes.
- (chiefly in the plural) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom.
- The sand, shells, etc. brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
- The action of the verb to sound.
- Verb
- present participle of sound.
- Little Mary was sounding very sleepy, so I tucked her in bed.
- present participle of sound.
- Adjective
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- At half past nine, with the booming drums of the parade sounding up the street, the shivering form of Dwindle Daniels was again sogged down to its original saturation point.
- I'm sick of his sounding off about how he thinks this country should run!
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of sounding in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Morphemes
- Suffixes
- Words by suffix
- Words suffixed with -ing
- Words suffixed with -ing
- Words by suffix
- Suffixes
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Verb forms
- Participles
- Present participles
- Present participles
- Participles
- Verb forms
- Adjectives
- en soundings
- en soundingly
- en sounding out
- en sounding rod
- en soundingboard
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "sounding" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.