To "sough" (SOW or SUF) is to make a soft, low, sighing or rustling sound. The word is derived from the Middle English.
Example (as used by Les Murray in the poem "Driving Through Sawmill Towns"): "In the dark of winter, tin roofs sough with rain."
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