sonde, n.f., plummet, fathom-line; (nav.) sounding-line, sounding-lead; (surg.) probe; (manu.) proof-stick; (mining) bore. pl., (nav.) soundings. Jeter la —; (nav.) to heave the lead, to sound. Plomb de —; sounding lead.
sonder, v.a., to sound, to fathom; to ullage, to taste; to scrutinize, to examine thoroughly, to investigate, to explore; to probe, to search. — le terrain; (mining) to bore; (fig.) to see how matters stand. — le gué; to sound the ford; (fig.) to reconnoiter; to see how matters stand. — la côte; to ascertain the depth, or to take soundings (along the coast). — une plaie; to probe a wound. — un fromage; to pierce a cheese. — quelqu’un; to sound, to pump, any one.
sonder, v.n., (nav.) to heave the lead, to sound, to take soundings.
sondeur, n.m., (nav.) leadsman; (min.) borer.
songe, n.m., dream, dreaming. Faire un —; to have a dream. Voir en —; to see in a dream, to dream. Mal d’autres n’est que —; other people’s woes do not affect us much.
songe-creux, n.m., (—) dreamer, visionary.
☉songe-malice, n.m., (—, or —-—s) mischief-maker.
songer, v.n., to dream, to muse; to think, to reflect, to mean; to intend, to devise, to purpose, to propose, to consider, to cast about (for); to aim (at). — profondément; to think deeply. — à quelque chose; to think of anything (suddenly). Songez à ce que vous faites; mind what you are about. Sans y —; unawares, unthinkingly. Il songe a se marier; he is thinking of marrying, or he contemplates marriage. Songez-y, songez-y bien; mind what you are about; beware. Maintenant que j’y songe; now that I think of it; now that I remember.
songer, v.a., to dream (in one’s sleep); to dream, to imagine, to think of. — une comédie; to think of a comedy, to imagine a comedy. Ne — que bals, que fêtes; to think of nothing but balls, parties.
songerie, n.f., dreaming, musing, idle dream.