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IPA(Pronunciation)

/saʊnd/

Verb

intransitive

(intransitive) 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.

Japanese Meaning

鯨などが水中に潜る・急降下する / （人の）考え、動機、目的などを探る、検証する、試す

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After surfacing to breathe, the whale began to sound, slipping silently into the depths.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

呼吸のために水面に浮上した後、そのクジラは潜り始め、静かに深みへと沈んでいった。

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Sense（1）

(intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.

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Sense（2）

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

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Sense（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.

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Sense（4）

(medicine) 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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sounds

（ present singular third-person ）

sounding

（ participle present ）

sounded

（ participle past ）

sounded

（ past ）

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