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sough
1[ sou, suhf ]
verb (used without object)
- to make a rushing, rustling, or murmuring sound:
the wind soughing in the meadow.
- Scot. and North England. to speak, especially to preach, in a whining, singsong voice.
noun
- a sighing, rustling, or murmuring sound.
- Scot. and North England.
- a sigh or deep breath.
- a whining, singsong manner of speaking.
- a rumor; unconfirmed report.
sough
2[ suhf, sou ]
noun
- drain; drainage ditch, gutter, or sewer.
- a swampy or marshy area.
verb (used with object)
- to drain (land or a mine) by building drainage ditches or the like.
sough
1/ sʌf /
noun
- dialect.a sewer or drain or an outlet channel
sough
2/ saʊ /
verb
- intr (esp of the wind) to make a characteristic sighing sound
noun
- a soft continuous murmuring sound
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Other Words From
- soughful·ly adverb
- soughless adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
A coil of smoke drifted across the room from somewhere above—the sough of the burning made the only background to his words.
The rain had stopped, and a sudden sough of the wind in the bushes sounded as if some animal had strayed there.
Save the dull piping of insects and the sough of the leaves, there was silence everywhere—the sweet restful silence of nature.
With abatement of breath I listened, but heard nothing except the mournful sough of the pines.
An owl was hooting somewhere among the rocks, but no other sound, save the gentle sough of the wind, came to my ears.
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