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soughings

soughings is the plural of soughing.

Meaning of soughing

Noun

soughing (plural soughings)

  1. A rushing, rustling sound.
    • So she sat, looking at the rain, listening to the many noiseless noises of it, and to the strange soughings of wind in upper branches, when there seemed to be no wind.1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 8, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook...

Questions about soughings

What is soughings the plural of?
Soughings is the plural of soughing.

Words near soughings in the dictionary

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

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