sing

UK /sɪŋ/ US /sɪŋ/
verb 5name 4noun 2

Definitions

verb

1

To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.

"I really want to sing in the school choir," said Vera.

And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders, and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

2

To perform a vocal part in a musical composition, regardless of technique.

3

To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.

sing a lullaby

In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.

4

To soothe with singing.

to sing somebody to sleep

5

Of birds, to vocalise:

noun

1

The act, or event, of singing songs.

I sometimes have a quick sing in the shower.

Then all three would go off in search of the first, give it a good talking to and maybe a bit of a sing as well.

2

Any sound likened to human singing.

heard the unmistakable twang of bowstrings against bracers, the sing of a long-bow volley, and made for the door

the sing of axe on concrete

name

1

A surname from English [in turn originating as an occupation].

2

A surname from Chinese.

3

Alternative spelling of Singh A South Asian surname.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Sing.

4

Alternative spelling of Singh A South Asian surname.

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