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Sigh

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Noun

1. sigh, suspiration

an utterance made by exhaling audibly

2. sigh

a sound like a person sighing

Example Sentences:
'she heard the sigh of the wind in the trees'

Verb

3. sigh, suspire

heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily

Example Sentences:
'She sighed sadly'

4. sigh

utter with a sigh

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sigh

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verb
1. (intransitive)
to draw in and exhale audibly a deep breath as an expression of weariness, despair, relief, etc
2. (intransitive)
to make a sound resembling this
trees sighing in the wind
3. (intransitive; often foll by for)
to yearn, long, or pine
4. (transitive)
to utter or express with sighing
noun
5. 
the act or sound of sighing

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Sigh

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verb intransitive
1. 
to take in and let out a long, deep, audible breath, esp. in expressing sorrow, relief, fatigue, longing, etc.
2. 
to make a sound like that of a sigh
trees sighing in the wind
3. 
to feel longing or grief; yearn or lament (for)
verb transitive
4. 
to express with a sigh
5. 
to spend in sighing
to sigh the day away
6.  Rare
to lament with sighing
noun
7. 
the act or sound of sighing

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sigh

see synonyms of sigh
v. sighed, sigh·ing, sighs
v.intr.
1.
a. To exhale audibly in a long deep breath, as in weariness or relief.
b. To emit a similar sound: willows sighing in the wind.
2. To feel longing or grief; yearn: sighing for their lost youth.
v.tr.
1. To express with or as if with an audible exhalation.
2. Archaic To lament.
n.
The act or sound of sighing.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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