Meaning of SOUGH
| Pronunciation: | | suf
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- [v] introduce into an environment; "sow suspicion or beliefs"
- [v] indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure; "The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets"; "The ancient door soughed when opened"
- [v] place (seeds) in the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds"
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| | Synonyms: | | groan, moan, seed, sow, sow |
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| | See Also: | | broadcast, broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, emit, lay, let loose, let out, pass around, place, pose, position, propagate, put, scatter, set, spread, utter | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Sough\, n.
A sow. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Sough\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
A small drain; an adit. [Prov. Eng.] --W. M. Buchanan.
\Sough\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. Icel. s?gr (in comp.) a rushing
sound, or OE. swough, swogh, a sound, AS. sw?gan to rustle.
Cf. {Surf}, {Swoon}, v. i.]
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\, v. i.
To whistle or sigh, as the wind.
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