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Sob (sŏb), v. t. [See Sop.] To soak. [Obs.] Mortimer.
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Sob, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sobbed (sŏbd); p. pr. & vb. n. Sobbing.] [OE. sobben; akin to AS. seófian, siófian, to complain, bewail, seófung, siófung, sobbing, lamentation; cf. OHG. s&ū;ft&ō;n, s&ū;ftj&ō;n, to sigh, MHG. siuften, siufzen, G. seufzen, MHG. s&ū;ft a sigh, properly, a drawing in of breath, from s&ū;fen to drink, OHG. s&ū;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.
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Sobbing is the same thing [as sighing], stronger. Bacon.
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She sighed, she sobbed, and, furious with despair.
She rent her garments, and she tore her hair.
Dryden.
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Sob, n. 1. The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow.
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Break, heart, or choke with sobs my hated breath. Dryden.
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2. Any sorrowful cry or sound.
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The tremulous sob of the complaining owl. Wordsworth.
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