Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sigh"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sigh \Sigh\, n. [OE. sigh; cf. OE. sik. See {Sigh}, v. i.]
1. A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of
air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.

I could drive the boat with my sighs. --Shak.

2. Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan?ent.

With their sighs the air Frequenting, sent from
hearts contrite. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sigh \Sigh\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sighed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sighing}.] [OE. sighen, si?en; cf. also OE. siken, AS.
s[=i]can, and OE. sighten, si?ten, sichten, AS. siccettan;
all, perhaps, of imitative origin.]
1. 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.

2. Hence, to lament; to grieve.

He sighed deeply in his spirit. --Mark viii.
12.

3. To make a sound like sighing.

And the coming wind did roar more loud, And the
sails did sigh like sedge. --Coleridge.

The winter winds are wearily sighing. --Tennyson.

Note: An extraordinary pronunciation of this word as s[=i]th
is still heard in England and among the illiterate in
the United States.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sigh \Sigh\, v. t.
1. To exhale (the breath) in sighs.

Never man sighed truer breath. --Shak.

2. To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.

Ages to come, and men unborn, Shall bless her name,
and sigh her fate. --Pior.

3. To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.

They . . . sighed forth proverbs. --Shak.

The gentle swain . . . sighs back her grief.
--Hoole.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

sigh
n 1: an utterance made by exhaling audibly
2: a sound like a person sighing; "she heard the sigh of the
wind in the trees"
v 1: heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily; "She
sighed sadly"
2: utter with a sigh

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