sing
IPA: sˈɪŋ
noun
- The act, or event, of singing songs.
- A surname from English [in turn originating as an occupation].
- A surname from Chinese.
- a Sikh surname
- Alternative spelling of Singh A South Asian surname.
verb
- (intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
- (intransitive) To perform a vocal part in a musical composition, regardless of technique.
- (transitive) To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
- (transitive) To soothe with singing.
- (transitive, intransitive) Of birds, to vocalise:
- (ornithology) To produce a 'song', for the purposes of defending a breeding territory or to attract a mate.
- (literary) To produce any type of melodious vocalisation.
- (intransitive, slang) To confess under interrogation.
- (intransitive) To make a small, shrill sound.
- To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.
- (intransitive) To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent.
- (ergative) To be capable of being sung; to produce a certain effect by being sung.
- (Australia) In traditional Aboriginal culture, to direct a supernatural influence on (a person or thing), usually malign; to curse.
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Examples of "sing" in Sentences
- Become great at what you do, then remember that every note you sing is beautiful.
- "I've never heard anyone make a violin sing the way he did," she said in an e-mail.
- You already know by now that I love to sing and will more often than not..sing at karaoke!
- Consider Edison Pena, a 34-year-old Elvis Presley fanatic who reportedly led other miners in sing-alongs underground.
- 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_?
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