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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Sob

/(sŏb)/ · IPA /ˌɛs oʊ ˈbi/
01 v. t. To soak.
  1. 1.
    To soak.[Obs.]
02 v. i. 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 t…
imp. & p. p. Sobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sobbing
  1. 1.
    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.
03 n. The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow.
  1. 1.
    The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow.
    “Break, heart, or choke with sobs my hated breath.” — Dryden.
  2. 2.
    Any sorrowful cry or sound.
    “The tremulous sob of the complaining owl.” — Wordsworth.