Sing

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. Music To utter a series of words or sounds in musical tones.
  • verb-intransitive. Music To vocalize songs or selections.
  • verb-intransitive. Music To perform songs or selections as a trained or professional singer.
  • verb-intransitive. Music To produce sounds when played: made the violin sing.
  • verb-intransitive. To make melodious sounds: birds singing outside the window.
  • verb-intransitive. To give or have the effect of melody; lilt.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a high whining, humming, or whistling sound.
  • verb-intransitive. To be filled with a buzzing or ringing sound.
  • verb-intransitive. To proclaim or extol something in verse.
  • verb-intransitive. To write poetry.
  • verb-intransitive. Slang To give information or evidence against someone.
  • v. Music To produce the musical sound of: sang a love song.
  • v. Music To utter with musical inflections: She sang the message.
  • v. Music To bring to a specified state by singing: sang the baby to sleep.
  • v. To intone or chant (parts of the Mass, for example).
  • v. To proclaim or extol, especially in verse: sang his praises.
  • n. Music A gathering of people for group singing.
  • phrasal-verb. sing out To call out loudly.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
  • v. To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
  • v. To confess under interrogation.
  • n. A gathering for the purpose of singing songs.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece.
  • verb-intransitive. To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a small, shrill sound.
  • verb-intransitive. To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry.
  • verb-intransitive. To cry out; to complain.
  • v. To utter with musical inflections or modulations of voice.
  • v. To celebrate in song; to give praises to in verse; to relate or rehearse in numbers, verse, or poetry.
  • v. To influence by singing; to lull by singing.
  • v. To accompany, or attend on, with singing.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To utter words or inarticulate sounds in musical succession or with a tone that is musical in quality; chant: said of human beings.
  • Specifically, to intone.
  • To produce tuneful, musical, or rhythmical sounds: said of certain birds, beasts, and insects, and of various inanimate things: as, singing sands.
  • To give out a continuous murmuring, humming, buzzing, or whistling sound.
  • To cry out with pain or displeasure; squeal.
  • To compose verse; relate or rehearse something in numbers or verse.
  • To have the sensation of a continuous humming or ringing sound; ring.
  • To be capable of being sung; be adaptable to a musical setting.
  • Technically, an oscine passerine bird, whether it can sing or not; any member of the Oscines or Cantatores, many of which are songless.
  • To utter in musical sounds or with musical alternations of pitch; chant.
  • Specifically, to intone.
  • To celebrate with singing, or with some form of sound resembling singing; proclaim musically or resonantly; chant.
  • To frame, utter, or declaim in poetic form.
  • To celebrate in numbers or verse; describe or glorify in poetry.
  • To utter with enthusiasm; celebrate: as, to sing a person's praises on all occasions.
  • To usher in or out, attend on, or accompany with singing: as, to sing the old year out and the new year in.
  • To bring, send, force, or effect, as any end or change, by singing: as, to sing a child to sleep.
  • Synonyms To carol, warble, chant, hymn.
  • n. A singing; an entertainment of song.
  • n. An abbreviation of singular.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. to make melodious sounds
  • v. divulge confidential information or secrets
  • v. produce tones with the voice
  • v. deliver by singing
  • v. make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound
  • Verb Form
    sang    singing    sings    sung   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    emit    let out    let loose    utter    break    give away    divulge    reveal    unwrap    expose   
    Cross Reference
    intone    celebrate    proclaim    cry    hum    ring    to sing small    singing glass    singing fish    singing falcon   
    Variant
    sang    singing    sung   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    complain   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Beijing    Bing    Chongqing    Ging    Jing    King    Ming    Peking    Ping    Qing   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    chant    melody    cadence    chorus    hum    shout    wail    refrain    hymn    peal