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to sigh
01
to release a long deep audible breath, to express one's sadness, tiredness, etc.
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
sigh
3rd person singular
sighs
Present participle
sighing
Past simple
sighed
Past participle
sighed
Examples
As he watched the sunset, he sighed, feeling a sense of peace and satisfaction.
02
to express or convey emotions, such as relief, sadness, or contentment, by releasing a deep audible breath
Transitive: to sigh an emotion
Examples
Overwhelmed by exhaustion, she sighed her resignation to the long day ahead.
Sigh
01
an utterance produced by exhaling audibly, often expressing emotion such as relief, sadness, or fatigue
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
sighs
Examples
She let out a sigh of relief after the exam.
02
a sound resembling the exhalation of a person sighing
Examples
The sigh of the wind through the mountains was eerie.
