Definitions for: Sough


[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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: groan, moan, seed, sow, sow

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

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