sough

sough (so̵u, suf)

noun

a soft, low, murmuring, sighing, or rustling sound

Etymology: 19th c. < Northern dial. < ME swough < OE swogan, to sound < ? IE base *(s)waĝh-: see echo

intransitive verb

to make a sough

Etymology: ME swowen, soghen < OE swogan, to sound

Preposition: of

sea: Presently I became aware of a drowsy breathing sound, the soughing of the sea upon the beach.

Object

wind: Inward temperaments are scored in every mode; dynamic sounds emerge in sundry measures, set adrift in consciousness like soughing winds.

Converse of object

drain: Graham Crisp and John New The Wollaton Sough This sough drained the same mines worked by Huntingdon Beaumont.

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