serenade
Collocations
2ADJ.
beloved, low, well-known
SERENADE + NOUN
everybody, mozart
Definitions
noun
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
An instrumental composition in several movements.
“Eine kleine Nachtmusik” is a well-known serenade written by Mozart.
verb
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.
To woo someone.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a musical composition in several movements
- divertimento
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Idioms & Phrases
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5From 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
WiktionaryA lovestruck Romeo sings the streets a serenade / Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Wiktionary“Eine kleine Nachtmusik” is a well-known serenade written by Mozart.
WiktionaryThe 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
WiktionaryIn the old days, it was customary for a gentleman to serenade his beloved.
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