sough
verb/saʊ/, /sʌf/
/saʊ/, /sʌf/
[intransitive] (literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sough | /saʊ/, /sʌf/ /saʊ/, /sʌf/ |
| he / she / it soughs | /saʊz/, /sʌfs/ /saʊz/, /sʌfs/ |
| past simple soughed | /saʊd/, /sʌft/ /saʊd/, /sʌft/ |
| past participle soughed | /saʊd/, /sʌft/ /saʊd/, /sʌft/ |
| -ing form soughing | /ˈsaʊɪŋ/, /ˈsʌfɪŋ/ /ˈsaʊɪŋ/, /ˈsʌfɪŋ/ |
- (especially of the wind) to make a soft whistling soundWord OriginOld English swōgan, of Germanic origin.
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