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To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.intransitive
- 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.
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To perform a vocal part in a musical composition, regardless of technique.intransitive
- "I really want to sing in the school choir," said Vera.
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To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.transitive
- sing a lullaby
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To soothe with singing.transitive
- to sing somebody to sleep
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Of birds, to vocalise:; To produce a 'song', for the purposes of defending a breeding territory or to attract a mate.ambitransitive
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Of birds, to vocalise:; To produce any type of melodious vocalisation.ambitransitiveliterary
- I do but sing because I must, And pipe but as the linnets sing: And unto one her note is gay, For now her little ones have ranged; And unto one her note is changed, Because her brood is stol’n away.
- The evening was still very warm, and the birds in the woods were singing in praise of spring.
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To rejoice.idiomatic
- My heart was singing.
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To confess under interrogation.idiomaticintransitiveslang
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To make a small, shrill sound.intransitive
- The air sings in passing through a crevice.
- a singing kettle
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To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry; to praise.ambitransitive
- Who would not ſing for Lycidas? he knew / Himſelf to ſing, and build the lofty rhyme.
syn. sing
ant. lip-sync · lip sync · mime · mouth