Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make a loud noise, as falling water, the waves of the sea, the wind, etc.; roar; rumble.
- To make a low murmuring noise; murmur; rustle.
- To sigh: said of a person.
- noun A loud noise; a roar; a roaring; a sough, as of falling water, the waves of the sea, the wind, etc.
- noun A low murmuring noise; a murmur.
- noun A sigh.
- noun A swoon.
- noun Same as
sough .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A sound; a groan; a moan; a sough.
- noun obsolete A swoon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
sound ; agroan ormoan ; asough . - noun obsolete A
swoon .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
See swoon.
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Examples
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Then the dragon flew away all on an height, and came down with such a swough, and smote the boar on the ridge, which was ten foot large from the head to the tail, and smote the boar all to powder both flesh and bones, that it flittered all abroad on the sea.
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But as god wolde, of swough ther-with she abreyde,
Troilus and Criseyde Geoffrey Chaucer
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Then the dragon flew away all on an height, and came down with such a swough, and smote the boar on the ridge, which was ten foot large from the head to the tail, and smote the boar all to powder both flesh and bones, that it flittered all abroad on the sea.
bilby commented on the word swough
Ideal for pronunciation roulette.
April 30, 2024