Definitions, Meanings, Synonyms, Examples and Famous Quotes of sough in English

sough

• 1.

  (of the wind in trees, the sea, etc.) make a moaning, whistling, or rushing sound.

  "The soughing of the wind in the canopy of branches"

• 2.

  (especially of the wind or sea) to make a long high or low sound while moving

  "The wind soughed through the towering pines nearby."

• 3.

  Make a murmuring sound

  Synonyms (1)

  Purl

  Type of (3)

  Make noise Noise Resound

• 1.

  A moaning, whistling, or rushing sound as made by the wind in the trees or the sea.

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Quotes and Sayings about "sough"

1.

"At six o'clock we cleaned our cells, At seven all was still, But the sough and swing of a mighty wing The prison seemed to fill, For the Lord of Death with icy breath Had entered in to kill."

--- Oscar Wilde

2.

"Instead of water we got here a draught of beer, a lumberer's drink, which would acclimate and naturalize a man at once,-which would make him see green, and, if he slept, dream that he heard the wind sough among the pines."

--- Henry David Thoreau