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| 3 results for sobbing | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Sob \Sob\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sobbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sobbing}.] [OE. sobben; akin to AS. se[a2]fian, si[a2]fian, to complain, bewail, se[a2]fung, si[a2]fung, sobbing, lamentation; cf. OHG. s[?]ft[94]n, s[?]ft[?]n, to sigh, MHG. siuften, siufzen, G. seufzen, MHG. s[?]ft a sigh, properly, a drawing in of breath, from s[?]fen to drink, OHG. s[?]fan. Cf. {Sup}.] To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath. Sobbing is the same thing [as sighing], stronger. --Bacon. She sighed, she sobbed, and, furious with despair. She rent her garments, and she tore her hair. --Dryden. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Sobbing \Sob"bing\, n. A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs. | |
