Sounded

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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     2. Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts,
        motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try;
        to test; to probe.
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              I was in jest,
              And by that offer meant to sound your breast.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              I've sounded my Numidians man by man. --Addison.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sounded
       adj : (of water depth) measured by a line and plumb [syn: {plumbed}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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