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soughed

soughed is the simple past and past participle of sough.

Meaning of sough

Verb (1)

sough (third-person singular simple present soughs, present participle soughing, simple past and past participle soughed)

  1. To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound.
    • The great train snaked on through the dark, pounding out the miles through the empty plains and mingy hamlets of Georgia, the 'Peach State', the angry moan of its four-toned wind-horn soughing over the wide savannah and the long shaft of its single searchlight ripping the black calico of the night.1954, Ian Fleming, “Allumeuse”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 115

Verb (2)

sough (third-person singular simple present soughs, present participle soughing, simple past and past participle soughed)

  1. To drain.

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Words that rhyme with soughed

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Questions about soughed

What is soughed the simple past and past participle of?
Soughed is the simple past and past participle of sough.

Words near soughed in the dictionary

  1. Soufrière
  2. Sougaijam
  3. sougan
  4. sougans
  5. sough
  6. soughed
  7. soughing
  8. soughings
  9. soughs
  10. sought
  11. sought a knot in a bulrush

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