Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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 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 To proclaim or extol something in verse.
- intransitive verb To write poetry.
- intransitive verb Slang To give information or evidence against someone.
- 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- 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.
- transitive verb To accompany, or attend on, with singing.
- 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.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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You already know by now that I love to sing and will more often than not..sing at karaoke!
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You already know by now that I love to sing and will more often than not..sing at karaoke!
2009 October « 2009
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Croza would court our daughter, and Piozzi could not talk to Johnson, nor, I suppose, do one any good but sing to one, -- and how should we _sing songs in a strange land_?
Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings Hester Lynch Piozzi 1781
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Become great at what you do, then remember that every note you sing is beautiful.
Ruth Gerson: How To Take Criticism: Taylor Swift vs. Bob Lefsetz Ruth Gerson 2010
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Become great at what you do, then remember that every note you sing is beautiful.
Ruth Gerson: How To Take Criticism: Taylor Swift vs. Bob Lefsetz Ruth Gerson 2010
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Consider Edison Pena, a 34-year-old Elvis Presley fanatic who reportedly led other miners in sing-alongs underground.
Ben Sherwood: Rock Stars: How the Story of the 33 Chilean Miners Breaks All the Rules Ben Sherwood 2010
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Consider Edison Pena, a 34-year-old Elvis Presley fanatic who reportedly led other miners in sing-alongs underground.
Ben Sherwood: Rock Stars: How the Story of the 33 Chilean Miners Breaks All the Rules Ben Sherwood 2010
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"I've never heard anyone make a violin sing the way he did," she said in an e-mail.
Tyler Clementi's Suicide Illustrates Internet Dangers AP 2010
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Become great at what you do, then remember that every note you sing is beautiful.
Ruth Gerson: Don't Let The Turkeys Get You Down: How Taylor Swift Should Take Criticism. Ruth Gerson 2010
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Become great at what you do, then remember that every note you sing is beautiful.
Ruth Gerson: How To Take Criticism: Taylor Swift vs. Bob Lefsetz Ruth Gerson 2010
gangerh commented on the word sing
Has nothing to do with mulesing.
April 23, 2008
bilby commented on the word sing
Even with insects--
some can sing,
some can't.
- Kobayashi Issa.
March 4, 2010