Sigh

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To make a sound like sighing.

II. Sigh ·vt To exhale (the breath) in sighs.

III. Sigh ·vt To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.

IV. Sigh ·vt To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.

V. Sigh ·vi Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan/ent.

VI. Sigh ·vi Hence, to lament; to Grieve.

VII. Sigh ·vi A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of Sighing.

VIII. Sigh ·vi 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.

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