According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
sough, purl
(verb) make a murmuring sound; “the water was purling”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sough (third-person singular simple present soughs, present participle soughing, simple past and past participle soughed)
To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound.
• See also sough
sough (plural soughs)
A murmuring sound; rushing, rustling, or whistling sound.
A gentle breeze; a waft; a breath.
A (deep) sigh.
(Scotland, obsolete) A vague rumour.
(Scotland, obsolete) A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying.
sough (plural soughs)
A small drain; an adit.
sough (third-person singular simple present soughs, present participle soughing, simple past and past participle soughed)
To drain.
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Sough
A hamlet in Kelbrook and Sough parish, Pendle borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD9045).
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Source: Wiktionary
Sough, n.
Definition: A sow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sough, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: A small drain; an adit. [Prov. Eng.] W. M. Buchanan.
Sough, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. s (in comp.) a rushing sound, or OE. swough, swogh, a sound, AS. sw to rustle. Cf. Surf, Swoon, v. i.]
1. The sound produced by soughing; a hollow murmur or roaring. The whispering leaves or solemn sough of the forest. W. Howitt.
2. Hence, a vague rumor or flying report. [Scot.]
3. A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Sough, v. i.
Definition: To whistle or sigh, as the wind.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.