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third-person singular simple present soughs, present participle soughing, simple past and past participle soughed
To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound. quotations examples
I lay awake for a while that evening, listening to the soughing of the wind high in the pines, realizing sadly that we must now return to civilization.
1963, Sterling North, Rascal, Avon Books, page 101
plural soughs
A murmuring sound; rushing, rustling, or whistling sound. quotations examples
[...] Arthur; a fearful night it was: there was a sough in the air, a sound drawing nigh like that of a host marching:- — but you're looking pale and forwrought, man; is any thing ailing ye?
1829, John Carne, Stratton Hill: A Tale of the Civil Wars, volume 1, page 131
The whispering leaves or solemn sough of the forest.
1838, William Howitt, The Rural Life of England
Syenite hears the distant sough of waves rolling against rocks, somewhere below the slope on which they lie.
2015, N. K. Jemisin, chapter 16, in The Fifth Season
A gentle breeze; a waft; a breath. examples
A (deep) sigh. examples
(Scotland, obsolete) A vague rumour.
(Scotland, obsolete) A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying.
A small drain; an adit. examples
To drain. examples