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sough

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sough

1   [sou, suhf]
–verb (used without object)
1.
to make a rushing, rustling, or murmuring sound: the wind soughing in the meadow.
2.
Scot. and North England. to speak, esp. to preach, in a whining, singsong voice.
–noun
3.
a sighing, rustling, or murmuring sound.
4.
Scot. and North England.
a.
a sigh or deep breath.
b.
a whining, singsong manner of speaking.
c.
a rumor; unconfirmed report.
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Origin:
bef. 900; (v.) ME swoghen, OE swōgan to make a noise; c. OS swōgan, OE swēgan, Goth -swōgjan; (n.) ME swow, swo(u)gh, deriv. of the v.

—Related forms
sough·ful·ly, adverb
soughless, adjective

sough

2   [suhf, sou] British
–noun
1.
drain; drainage ditch, gutter, or sewer.
2.
a swampy or marshy area.
–verb (used with object)
3.
to drain (land or a mine) by building drainage ditches or the like.
Also, especially Scot., sugh.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME sogh, sohn < ?; cf. D (dial.) zoeg little ditch
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sough1 (saʊ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—vb
1.  (intr) (esp of the wind) to make a characteristic sighing sound
 
—n
2.  a soft continuous murmuring sound
 
[Old English swōgan to resound; related to Gothic gaswogjan to groan, Lithuanian svageti to sound, Latin vāgīre to lament]

sough2 (sʌf) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
dialect (Northern English) a sewer or drain or an outlet channel
 
[of obscure origin]

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sough
"to make a moaning or murmuring sound," O.E. swogan, from P.Gmc. *swoganan (cf. O.S. swogan "to rustle," Goth. gaswogjan "to sigh"), from PIE imitative base *(s)wagh- (cf. Gk. echo). The noun is c.1381, from the verb.
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