serenade

UK /ˌsɛɹəˈneɪd/ US /ˌsɛɹəˈneɪd/
noun 2verb 2

Definitions

noun

1

A love song that is sung directly to one's love interest, especially one performed below the window of a loved one in the evening.

From me to thee glad serenades, / Dances for thee I propose saluting thee, adornments and feastings for thee, / And the sights of the open landscape and the high-spread sky are fitting, / And life and the fields, and the huge and thoughtful night.

A lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade / Laying everybody low with a love song that he made

2

An instrumental composition in several movements.

“Eine kleine Nachtmusik” is a well-known serenade written by Mozart.

verb

1

To sing or play a serenade for (someone).

The Southampton striker, who also struck a post late on, was being serenaded by the Wembley crowd before the end and should probably brace himself for some Lambert-mania over the coming days but, amid the eulogies, it should not overlook the deficiencies that were evident in another stodgy England performance.

2

To woo someone.

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