Sob /(sŏb)/
Sob
v. t.
- To soak. [Obs.]
Sob
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Sobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sobbing
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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.
She sighed, she sobbed, and, furious with despair. She rent her garments, and she tore her hair.
Sob
n.
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The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow.
Break, heart, or choke with sobs my hated breath.
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Any sorrowful cry or sound.
The tremulous sob of the complaining owl.