About The Word Sigh
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Sigh Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Sigh?
[n] an utterance made by exhaling audibly
[n] a sound like a person sighing; "she heard the sigh of the wind in the trees" [v] heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily; "She sighed sadly" [v] utter with a sigh Synonyms | Synonyms for Sigh: suspiration | suspire Related Terms | Find terms related to Sigh: See Also | breathe | emit | let loose | let out | respire | sound | take a breath | utter | utterance | vocalization Sigh In Webster's Dictionary \Sigh\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sighed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sighing}.] [OE. sighen, si?en; cf. also OE. siken, AS.
s[=i]can, and OE. sighten, si?ten, sichten, AS. siccettan;
all, perhaps, of imitative origin.]
1. To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and
immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible
respiration, especially as the result or involuntary
expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, or the
like.
2. Hence, to lament; to grieve.
He sighed deeply in his spirit. --Mark viii.
12.
3. To make a sound like sighing.
And the coming wind did roar more loud, And the
sails did sigh like sedge. --Coleridge.
The winter winds are wearily sighing. --Tennyson.
Note: An extraordinary pronunciation of this word as s[=i]th
is still heard in England and among the illiterate in
the United States.
\Sigh\, v. t. 1. To exhale (the breath) in sighs. Never man sighed truer breath. --Shak. 2. To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over. Ages to come, and men unborn, Shall bless her name, and sigh her fate. --Pior. 3. To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs. They . . . sighed forth proverbs. --Shak. The gentle swain . . . sighs back her grief. --Hoole. \Sigh\, n. [OE. sigh; cf. OE. sik. See {Sigh}, v. i.] 1. A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing. I could drive the boat with my sighs. --Shak. 2. Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan?ent. With their sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite. --Milton. |
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