Sing

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To utter a series of words or sounds in musical tones.
  • intransitive verb. To vocalize songs or selections.
  • intransitive verb. To perform songs or selections as a trained or professional singer.
  • intransitive verb. To produce sounds when played.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To make melodious sounds.
  • intransitive verb. To give or have the effect of melody; lilt.
  • intransitive verb. To make a high whining, humming, or whistling sound.
  • intransitive verb. To be filled with a buzzing or ringing sound.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To proclaim or extol something in verse.
  • intransitive verb. To write poetry.
  • intransitive verb. To give information or evidence against someone.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To produce the musical sound of.
  • intransitive verb. To utter with musical inflections.
  • intransitive verb. To bring to a specified state by singing.
  • intransitive verb. To intone or chant (parts of the Mass, for example).
  • intransitive verb. To proclaim or extol, especially in verse.
  • noun. A gathering of people for group singing.
  • phrasal verb. To call out loudly.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A singing; an entertainment of song.
  • noun. An abbreviation of singular.
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. 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.
  • intransitive verb. To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.
  • intransitive verb. To make a small, shrill sound.
  • intransitive verb. To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry.
  • intransitive verb. To cry out; to complain.
  • transitive verb. To utter with musical inflections or modulations of voice.
  • transitive verb. To celebrate in song; to give praises to in verse; to relate or rehearse in numbers, verse, or poetry.
  • transitive verb. To influence by singing; to lull by singing.
  • Word Usage
    "You already know by now that I love to sing and will more often than not..sing at karaoke!"
    cross-reference
    celebrate  cry  hum  intone  proclaim  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Beijing  Bing  Chongqing  Ging  Jing  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cadence  call  chant  chatter  cheer  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    anthem  babble  ballad  bark  bawl  
    variant
    sang  singing  sung  
    verb-form
    sang  singing  sings  sung