sounding

7 definitions • 8 examples

present participle of

to seem good, interesting, strange, etc. from what is said or written:

Your job sounds really interesting.

to seem like something, from what is said or written:

That sounds like a good idea.

to seem angry, happy, rude, etc. when you speak:

He sounded very depressed when we spoke on the phone yesterday.

to make a noise:

If the alarm sounds, leave the building immediately.

sound like It sounds like a bird.

He sounds (= speaks) just like someone I used to work with.

Sounding the car's horn, she drove at high speed through the crowded streets.

to cause a noise to be made or say or shout a message to warn people about something:

Quick, sound the alarm - there's a fire in the machine room!

to measure the depth of a mass of water, such as the sea, usually by sonar