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S: (n) sounding (a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line)

S: (n) depth, deepness (the extent downward or backward or inward) "the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet"

S: (n) extent (the distance or area or volume over which something extends) "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent"

S: (n) magnitude (the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)) "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea"

S: (n) property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class) "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles"

S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)

S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))

S: (n) sounding (the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line))

S: (v) sound (appear in a certain way) "This sounds interesting"
S: (v) sound, go (make a certain noise or sound) "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
S: (v) sound (give off a certain sound or sounds) "This record sounds scratchy"
S: (v) sound (announce by means of a sound) "sound the alarm"
S: (v) voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise (utter with vibrating vocal chords)
S: (v) sound (cause to sound) "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"
S: (v) fathom, sound (measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line)

S: (adj) looking, sounding (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"
S: (adj) sounding (having volume or deepness) "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth
S: (adj) sounding (making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form) "harsh-sounding"