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| sigh [ sī ] |
verb (past and past participle sighed, present participle sigh·ing, 3rd person present singular sighs) |
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1. intransitive verb breathe long and loud: to take in and let out a deep audible breath in relief or weariness
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2. intransitive verb make exhaling sound: to make a sound like the exhalation of a deep breath
  The wind sighed in the trees.
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3. intransitive verb yearn: to long for somebody or something
sigh for simpler times
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4. transitive verb express feeling in sighs: to express an emotion by sighs
She sighed her relief when she found us.
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noun (plural sighs) |
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1. exhalation: an audible exhalation of a deep breath
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2. sound of exhaling: a sound like that of somebody exhaling a deep breath
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| [13th century. Probably back-formation < past tense of Old English sīcan, origin ?] |
