SOUGHING

murmurous, rustling, soughing, susurrous

(adjective) characterized by soft sounds; “a murmurous brook”; “a soughing wind in the pines”; “a slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines”- R.P.Warren

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

soughing

present participle of sough

Noun

soughing (plural soughings)

A rushing, rustling sound.

• D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

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.

Source: Wiktionary

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SOUGH

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

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