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Sounded

/ˈsaʊndɪd/

To produce a sound.

📖 Definitions of "Sounded"

verb
  1. 1

    To produce a sound.

    "When the horn sounds, take cover."

  2. 2

    To convey an impression by one's sound.

    "He sounded good when we last spoke."

  3. 3

    To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.

  4. 4

    To resound.

verb
  1. 1

    Dive downwards, used of a whale.

    "The whale sounded and eight hundred feet of heavy line streaked out of the line tub before he ended his dive."

  2. 2

    To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.

    "When I sounded him, he appeared to favor the proposed deal."

  3. 3

    Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.

    "Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope."

  4. 4

    To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.

    "to sound a patient, or the bladder or urethra"

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