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								appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms fine-sounding phrases
 taken in by high-sounding talk
 2.
								having volume or depth
 sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal
 the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion
 3.
								making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form
 harsh-sounding
 
 'sounding' - used as a noun
 4.
								a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line
 5.
								the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)
 
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