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Definition of 'sing'English
Verb
To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
- "I really want to sing in the school choir." said Vera .
To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
* {{quote-book|1852|Mrs M.A. Thompson|chapter=The Tutor's Daughter|Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion|page=266 citation
|passage=In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.}}
To soothe with singing.
- to sing somebody to sleep
(slang) To confess under interrogation.
To make a small, shrill sound.
- The air sings in passing through a crevice.
* Alexander Pope
- O'er his head the flying spear / Sang innocent, and spent its force in air.
To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.
* Prior
- Bid her sing / Of human hope by cross event destroyed.
- (Milton)
Derived terms
* besing
* sing along / sing-along
* singer
( rel-mid3)
* sing from the same hymnbook
* singing cowboy
* sing out
( rel-mid3)
* singsong
* sing soprano
* sing the praises
( rel-bottom)
Related terms
* song
See also
* singe
Noun
( en-noun)
A gathering for the purpose of singing songs.
* 2002 , Martha Mizell Puckett, ?Hoyle B. Puckett, Memories of a Georgia Teacher: Fifty Years in the Classroom (page 198)
- Some of the young folks asked Mrs. Long could they have a sing at her home that Sunday afternoon; she readily agreed, telling them to come early, bring their songbooks, and have a good sing.
Similar to 'sing'song, sang, sung, swing, swung, smog, snog, snug, smeg, snag, swang, smug, sheng, suing, snig, snigg, sying
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