Usually means: Soft, murmuring, rustling sound produced.
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  1. sough: Merriam-Webster
  2. sough: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sough: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. sough: Collins English Dictionary
  5. sough: Vocabulary.com
  6. Sough, sough: Wordnik
  7. sough: Wiktionary
  8. sough: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. sough: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. sough: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. sough: Dictionary.com
  12. sough (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Sough: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Sough: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. sough: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. sough: Rhymezone
  17. Sough: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. sough: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. sough: FreeDictionary.org
  20. sough: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. sough: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. sough: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sough: Encyclopedia

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ verb:  To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound.
▸ noun:  A murmuring sound; rushing, rustling, or whistling sound.
▸ noun:  A gentle breeze; a waft; a breath.
▸ noun:  A (deep) sigh.
▸ noun:  (Scotland, obsolete) A vague rumour.
▸ noun:  (Scotland, obsolete) A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying.
▸ noun:  A small drain; an adit.
▸ verb:  To drain.
▸ noun:  A hamlet in Kelbrook and Sough parish, Pendle borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD9045).

Similar:
moan, groan, sow, seed, rustle, whisper, sigh, gurgle, sibilate, cough, more...

Opposite:
stillness, silence, quiet, calm

Types:
bronchial, wheezing, wheezy, raspy, gurgly, hacking, croupy, more...

Adjectives:
calm, soft, last, gentle, long, low, quiet, heavy, great, mournful, fresh

Colors:
    sage,     olive,     emerald,     jade,     mint, more...


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Similar:
moan, groan, sow, seed, rustle, whisper, sigh, gurgle, sibilate, cough, more...

Opposite:
stillness, silence, quiet, calm

Types:
bronchial, wheezing, wheezy, raspy, gurgly, hacking, croupy, more...

Adjectives:
calm, soft, last, gentle, long, low, quiet, heavy, great, mournful, fresh

Colors:
    sage,     olive,     emerald,     jade,     mint, more...



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