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To exhale audibly in a long deep breath, as in weariness or relief.
(verb-intransitive)
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To emit a similar sound: willows sighing in the wind.
(verb-intransitive)
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To feel longing or grief; yearn: sighing for their lost youth.
(verb-intransitive)
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To express with or as if with an audible exhalation.
(verb-transitive)
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Archaic To lament.
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.