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verb | noun sighsigh1 /saɪ/ ●●○ verb ETYMOLOGYsigh1Origin: Old English sican VERB TABLEsigh |
| Present | I, you, we, they | sigh | | he, she, it | sighs | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | sighed | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have sighed | | he, she, it | has sighed | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had sighed | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will sigh | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have sighed |
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| Present | I | am sighing | | he, she, it | is sighing | | you, we, they | are sighing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was sighing | | you, we, they | were sighing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been sighing | | he, she, it | has been sighing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been sighing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be sighing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been sighing |
► sigh deeply/heavily Ted sighed deeply and turned around. ► sighed with relief When it was over, Penny sighed with relief. THESAURUSair► breathe to take air into your lungs and send it out again: My eyes began to sting, and I couldn’t breathe. People are concerned about the quality of the air they breathe. ► take a breath to take air into your lungs: Take a deep breath and hold it for a few seconds. ► inhale formal to breathe in air, smoke, or gas: Try not to inhale the fumes from the glue. ► exhale formal to breathe air, smoke, etc. out through your mouth and nose: The doctor asked him to exhale normally while she listened to his lungs. ► be short of breath (also be out of breath) to have difficulty breathing, often after exercising or because you are sick: After walking up the stairs, my father was short of breath. ► gasp (also gasp for breath/air) to breathe quickly and loudly, because you are having difficulty getting enough air: People ran from the smoky building gasping for breath. ► wheeze to breathe with difficulty, making a noise in your throat and chest, usually because you are sick: The pollen in the air was making me wheeze and itch. ► pant to breathe quickly with short breaths, in the way that dogs do: The dog sat outside, panting in the hot sun. ► snore to breathe noisily through your mouth and nose while you sleep: He snores so loudly that I hear it in the next room. ► sigh to breathe out loudly and slowly because you are disappointed, tired, or you are beginning to relax: She sighed with relief as she walked out of the exam room. ► hyperventilate to breathe too hard and fast because you are anxious or sick: Before the competition, she started to hyperventilate. 1[intransitive, transitive] to breathe out making a long sound, especially because you are bored, disappointed, tired, etc.: “I know,” she sighed.sigh deeply/heavily Ted sighed deeply and turned around. When it was over, Penny sighed with relief.► see thesaurus at breathe2[intransitive] literary if the wind sighs, it makes a long sound like someone sighing: The wind sighed in the trees.3sigh for something literary to be sad because you are thinking about a pleasant time in the past: Emilia sighed for her lost youth. [Origin: Old English sican] verb | noun sighsigh2 ●●○ noun [countable] ► let out/give/heave etc. a sigh She let out a deep sigh. ► breathing a sigh of relief “I’m glad that’s over,” she said, breathing a sigh of relief. an act or sound of sighing: sigh of With a sigh of exhaustion, she watched them leave.let out/give/heave etc. a sigh She let out a deep sigh. “I’m glad that’s over,” she said, breathing a sigh of relief. |