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Definition of 'sing'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) sing
to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.

2.  sing
to perform songs or voice compositions.

3.  sing
(of an animal) to produce a patterned vocal signal, as in courtship or territorial display.

4.  sing
to tell about or praise someone or something in verse or song.

5.  sing
to admit of being sung, as verses.

6.  sing
to make a whistling, ringing, or whizzing sound:
The bullet sang past his ear.

7.  sing
to give out a continuous murmuring, burbling, or other euphonious sound.

8.  sing
to have the sensation of a ringing or humming sound, as the ears.

9.  sing
Slang. to confess or act as an informer; squeal.

10. (v.t.) sing
to utter with musical modulations of the voice, as a song.

11.  sing
to proclaim enthusiastically:
to sing someone's praises.

12.  sing
to bring, send, put, etc., with or by singing:
to sing a baby to sleep.

13.  sing
to chant or intone:
to sing mass.

14.  sing
to escort or accompany with singing.

15.  sing
to tell or praise in verse or song.

16.  sing
sing out, to call in a loud voice; shout.

17. (n.) sing
a gathering or meeting of people for the purpose of singing:
a community sing.

18.  sing
a singing, ringing, or whistling sound.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE singan, c. OS, OHG singan, ON syngva, Go siggwan)

Definition of 'sing'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) sing
deliver by singing
"Sing Christmas carols"

2. (verb) sing
produce tones with the voice
"She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"

3. (verb) sing
to make melodious sounds
"The nightingale was singing"

4. (verb) whistle, sing
make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound
"the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear"

5. (verb) spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out
divulge confidential information or secrets
"Be careful--his secretary talks"

Definition of 'sing'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) sing
to use your voice to produce music
She loved to sing Broadway songs.; Sing us a song, Dave.

2. sing
(of a bird) to produce sounds like music
At 5 a.m. the birds began to sing.

Definition of 'sing'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) sing
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

2. (verb) sing
to utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do

3. (verb) sing
to make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice

4. (verb) sing
to tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry

5. (verb) sing
ti cry out; to complain

6. (verb) sing
to utter with musical infections or modulations of voice

7. (verb) sing
to celebrate is song; to give praises to in verse; to relate or rehearse in numbers, verse, or poetry

8. (verb) sing
to influence by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a child to sleep

9. (verb) sing
to accompany, or attend on, with singing

Translation of 'sing'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make (musical sounds) with one's voice He sings very well; She sang a Scottish song; I could hear the birds singing in the trees.
Afrikaans: sing	Arabic: يُغَنّي	Bulgarian: пея
Brazilian: cantar	Czech: zpívat	German: singen
Danish: synge	Greek: τραγουδώ	Spanish: cantar
Estonian: laulma	Farsi: آواز خواندن	Finnish: laulaa
French: chanter	Hebrew: לַשִיר	Hindi: गाना गाना
Croatian: pjevati	Hungarian: (el)énekel	Indonesian: menyanyi
Icelandic: syngja	Italian: cantare	Japanese: 歌う
Korean: 노래하다	Lithuanian: dainuoti, giedoti	Latvian: dziedāt
Malay: menyanyi	Dutch: zingen	Norwegian: synge
Polish: śpiewać	Persian: آواز خواندن	Pashto: بدلى ويل، سندرې بلل: شنګې
Portuguese: cantar	Romanian: a cânta	Russian: петь
Slovak: spievať	Slovenian: peti	Serbian: pevati
Swedish: sjunga	Thai: ร้องเพลง	Turkish: şarkı söylemek; ötmek
Taiwanese: 唱	Ukrainian: співати	Urdu: گانا
Vietnamese: hát, hót	Chinese: 唱
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