sough

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to make a low, continuous murmuring, sighing, or rustling sound

   At dusk, the wind began to sough through the pine needles.

2. 2
   noun

   a low murmuring, rushing, or rustling sound

   The steady sough of the surf carried through the open window.

From Middle English swoughen, from Old English swogan ("to make a sound, roar, or rustle"), with Germanic cognates meaning to groan or resound. The noun developed from the verb for the soft rushing sound itself.

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