What is the meaning of sounding?

noun

• A measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line.
• The act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line. )

verb

• Appear in a certain way.
  • usage: "This sounds interesting"
  • synonyms: sound
• Make a certain noise or sound.
  • usage: "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
  • synonyms: sound, go
• Give off a certain sound or sounds.
  • usage: "This record sounds scratchy"
  • synonyms: sound
• Announce by means of a sound.
  • usage: "sound the alarm"
  • synonyms: sound
• Utter with vibrating vocal chords.
  • synonyms: voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise
• Cause to sound.
  • usage: "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"
  • synonyms: sound
• Measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line.
  • synonyms: fathom, sound

adjective

• Appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: looking
• Having volume or deepness. "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion- Wordsworth
• Making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form.
  • usage: "harsh-sounding"