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English

Interjection

ough

1. The sound of a grunt or groan or cough.

Further reading

• Ough (orthography) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Hugo

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English *sough, swough, swogh, from Middle English swo?en, swowen, from Old English sw?gan (“to make a sound; move with noise; rush; roar”), from Proto-Germanic *sw?gan? from Proto-Indo-European *(s)weh?g?-, same source as Latin v?gi?. Cognate with Scots souch (“sough”), Icelandic súgur (“a rushing sound, rustle”). Noun replaced Middle English swei, swe? from Old English sw?g. More at swoon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?/, /s?f/
• Rhymes: -a?, -?f

Verb

sough (third-person singular simple present soughs, present participle soughing, simple past and past participle soughed)

1. To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:sough

Translations

Noun

sough (plural soughs)

1. A murmuring sound; rushing, rustling, or whistling sound.
2. A gentle breeze; a waft; a breath.
3. A (deep) sigh.
4. (Scotland, obsolete) A vague rumour.
5. (Scotland, obsolete) A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying.

Derived terms

• death-sough

Translations

See also

• susurrus

Etymology 2

From Middle English sough (whence also Scots sheuch (“ditch”)), from Old English *s?h; compare dialectal Dutch zoeg (“ditch”).

Noun

sough (plural soughs)

1. A small drain; an adit.

Verb

sough (third-person singular simple present soughs, present participle soughing, simple past and past participle soughed)

1. To drain.

Derived terms

• soughing-tile

Anagrams

• Hugos