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But I could see nothing save green leaves; and started again and drew back a little a few minutes later, as the sigh was again repeated, this time followed by a faint whisper, and I heard my name Frank--Frank Burr.

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  1. intransitive verb To exhale audibly in a long deep breath, as in weariness or relief.
  2. intransitive verb To emit a similar sound: willows sighing in the wind.
  3. intransitive verb To feel longing or grief; yearn: sighing for their lost youth.
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

groan ·  whisper ·  laugh ·  cry ·  gesture ·  breath ·  wail ·  tear ·  chuckle ·  shrug ·  sob ·  shake

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sigh:   sighed ·  sighing ·  sighs
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  1. Middle English sighen, probably back-formation from sighte, past tense of siken, to sigh, from Old English sīcan.

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  1. from Middle English sighen, syghen, siʒen (preterit siʒede, siʒhede, sighte. syghte; sicht), variant of siken, syken (preterit sikede, sykede, syked), from Anglo-Saxon sīcan, sy¯can (preterit *sāc. past participle *sicen); cf. freq. sīcetan, sīcettan, siccettan, siccitan, sigh, sob (later Middle English *sihten, sigh, siht, a sigh); Swedish sucka =Danish sukke, sigh, groan; prob. ult. imitative.
  2. from Middle English sygh. variant of sike, sik (cf. Swedish suck =Danish suk); from sigh, v.
 

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