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sigh

intransitive verb

  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)

transitive verb

  1. to express with a sigh
  2. to spend in sighing: to sigh the day away
  3. Rare to lament with sighing

noun

the act or sound of sighing

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See sigh in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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