- to make a rushing, rustling, or murmuring sound: the wind soughing in the meadow.
- to speak, especially to preach, in a whining, singsong voice.
- a sighing, rustling, or murmuring sound.
- Scot. and North England.
- a sigh or deep breath.
- a whining, singsong manner of speaking.
- a rumor; unconfirmed report.
- drain; drainage ditch, gutter, or sewer.
- a swampy or marshy area.
- to drain (land or a mine) by building drainage ditches or the like.
- (esp of the wind) to make a characteristic sighing sound
- a soft continuous murmuring sound
- a sewer or drain or an outlet channel
