sigh
English
/saɪ/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like.
- (intransitive) To lament; to grieve.
- (intransitive) To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
- (intransitive) To experience an emotion associated with sighing.
- (intransitive) To make a sound like sighing.
- (transitive) To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
- (transitive) To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sihen inherited from Old English sīcan (sigh).
Origin
Old English
sīcan
Gloss
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