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sough

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sough  (sou, sf)
intr.v. soughed, sough·ing, soughs
To make a soft murmuring or rustling sound.
n.
A soft murmuring or rustling sound, as of the wind or a gentle surf.
[Middle English swowen, soughen, from Old English swgan.]
sough [rhymes with now]
Verb
Literary (of the wind) to make a sighing sound [Old English swōgan]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.sough - make a murmuring sound; "the water was purling"
purl
make noise, noise, resound - emit a noise


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Save the dull piping of insects and the sough of the leaves, there was silence everywhere--the sweet restful silence of nature.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
The opera proceeded, it was a piece with a storm in it; the mimic thunder began to mutter, the mimic wind began to wail and sough, and the mimic rain to patter.
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That evening calm betrayed alike the tinkle of the nearest streams, the sough of the most remote.
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