Sigh — Defs

01 v. i. To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the resul…

imp. & p. p. Sighed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sighing

1.
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, or the like.
2.
Hence, to lament; to grieve.
“He sighed deeply in his spirit.” — Mark viii. 12.
3.
To make a sound like sighing.
“And the coming wind did roar more loud, And the sails did sigh like sedge.” — Coleridge.

“The winter winds are wearily sighing.” — Tennyson.

02 v. t. To exhale (the breath) in sighs.

1.
To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
“Never man sighed truer breath.” — Shak.
2.
To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
“Ages to come, and men unborn, Shall bless her name, and sigh her fate.” — Pior.
3.
To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
“They . . . sighed forth proverbs.” — Shak.

“The gentle swain . . . sighs back her grief.” — Hoole.

03 n. A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.

1.
A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.
“I could drive the boat with my sighs.” — Shak.
2.
Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan�ent.
“With their sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite.” — Milton.