From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sound \Sound\, verb (used with an object) [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.
2. Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
I was in jest, And by that offer meant to sound your breast. --Dryden.
I've sounded my Numidians man by man. --Addison.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: (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
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Let's see what we can do if we put our heads together.
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