sough Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make a murmuring sound
    purl.
    • the water was purling

WordNet

Sough noun
Definitions
  1. A sow. Obs. Chaucer.
Sough noun
Etymology
Etymol. uncertain.
Definitions
  1. A small drain; an adit. Prov. Eng. W. M. Buchanan.
Sough noun
Etymology
Cf. Icel. sgr (in comp.) a rushing sound, or OE. swough, swogh, a sound, AS. swgan to rustle. Cf. Surf, Swoon, v. i.
Definitions
  1. The sound produced by soughing; a hollow murmur or roaring.
    The whispering leaves or solemn sough of the forest. W. Howitt.
  2. Hence, a vague rumor or flying report. Scot.
  3. A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying. Scot. Jamieson.
Sough intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To whistle or sigh, as the wind.

Webster 1913