SOUNDING, the action of determining depth of water [n]
emitting or producing a sound or sounds
resounding or sonorous
having an imposing sound; high-sounding; pompous
any vertical penetration of the atmosphere for scientific measurement, esp. a radiosonde observation
SOUNDING, a sampling of opinions [n]
verbal contest or confrontation, as among teenage boys or street-gang members, in which the trading of often elaborate insults and invective takes the place of physical violence
the act of measuring the depth of an area of water with or as if with a lead and line
a. area of water that can be sounded with an ordinary lead and line, the depth being 100 fathoms (180 m) or less b. the results or measurement obtained by sounding with a lead and line