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Sounding
- verb - a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line
- announce by means of a sound; "sound the alarm"
- appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting"
- appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms; "left their clothes dirty looking"; "a most disagreeable looking character"; "angry-looking"; "liquid-looking"; "severe-looking policemen on noble horses"; "fine-sounding phrases"; "taken in by high-sounding talk"
- cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"
- give off a certain sound or sounds; "This record sounds scratchy"
- having volume or deepness; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth
- make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
- making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form; "harsh-sounding"
- measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
Spanging
- verb - leap, jerk, bang; "Bullets spanged into the trees"
Spanking
- verb - give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
- quick and energetic;
- the act of slapping on the buttocks; "he gave the brat a good spanking"
Spanning
- verb - to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"
Spending
- verb - money paid out; an amount spent
- pass time in a specific way; "how are you spending your summer vacation?"
- pay out; "spend money"
- spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"
- the act of spending or disbursing money
Spinning
- verb - cause to spin; "spin a coin"
- creating thread
- form a web by making a thread; "spiders spin a fine web"
- make up a story; "spin a yarn"
- prolong or extend; "spin out a visit"
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
- stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods"
- twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing"
- work natural fibers into a thread; "spin silk"
Sponging
- verb - ask for and get free; be a parasite
- erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
- gather sponges, in the ocean
- soak up with a sponge
- wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
Standing
- verb -
- (of fluids) not moving or flowing; "mosquitoes breed in standing water"
- (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs; "standing room only"
- an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event
- be available for stud services; "male domestic animals such as stallions serve selected females"
- be in effect; be or remain in force; "The law stands!"
- be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected"
- be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!"
- be tall; have a height of; copula; "She stands 6 feet tall"
- executed in or initiated from a standing position; "race from a standing start"; "a standing jump"; "a standing ovation"
- have or maintain a position or stand on an issue; "Where do you stand on the War?"
- having a supporting base; "a
Stenting
- - An opening in a wall in a coal mine.
Stinging
- verb - (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment"
- a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
- cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin"
- cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her"
- deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"