Sounding meaning : To produce a sound. To convey an impression by one's sound. To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound. To resound. (often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law. To cause to produce a sound. (of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce. Dive downwards, used of a whale. To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe. Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device. To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion. The action of the verb to sound. Emitting a sound. Sonorous.