vi to make a sound like sighing.
2. sigh ·vt to exhale (the breath) in sighs.
3. sigh ·vt to utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
4. sigh ·vt to express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
5. sigh ·vi figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan/ent.
6. sigh ·vi hence, to lament; to grieve.
7. sigh ·vi a deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.
8. sigh ·vi to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, or the like.