Found 3 hits - Term: sounded, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
1913 webster
2. fig.: to ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts,
motives, and purposes of a person; to examine; to try;
to test; to probe.
1913 webster
i was in jest,
and by that offer meant to sound your breast.
--dryden.
1913 webster
i've sounded my numidians man by man. --addison.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
sounded sounding sound
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
sounded
adj : of water depth measured by a line and plumb syn: plumbed
see also:
plumbed
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
27 moby thesaurus words for "sounded":
articulated, droning, enunciated, lingual, linguistic, monotone,
monotonic, nuncupative, oral, parol, pronounced, said, soniferous,
sonorous, sounding, speech, spoken, tonal, toneless, unwritten,
uttered, verbal, viva voce, vocal, vocalized, voiced, voiceful
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