sîng

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

sing

To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do

sing

produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"

sing

To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice

sing

divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"

sing

{f} utter words melodiously, make musical sounds with the voice (often with musical accompaniment); perform songs; chirp, whistle; buzz, whirr; inform, tattle, squeal (Slang)

sing

to make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing"

sing

To utter with musical inflections or modulations of voice

sing

To accompany, or attend on, with singing

sing

in a chorus or concerted piece

sing

To celebrate is song; to give praises to in verse; to relate or rehearse in numbers, verse, or poetry

sing

When you sing, you make musical sounds with your voice, usually producing words that fit a tune. I can't sing I sing about love most of the time They were all singing the same song Go on, then, sing us a song! `You're getting to be a habit with me,' sang Eddie

sing

to make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing" produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well" deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols

sing

deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols"

sing

To influence by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a child to sleep

sing

deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols

sing

When birds or insects sing, they make pleasant high-pitched sounds. Birds were already singing in the garden. see also singing. Sing. is a written abbreviation for singular. singular

sing

make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear"

sing

To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry

sing along

To sing some music while someone else is singing or playing the same piece of music or while it is being broadcast or performed

She was singing along with the car radio.

sing along

A gathering or event where participants are encouraged to add their voices in song

sing alongs

plural form of sing along

sing from the same hymnbook

To make the same or similar statements, especially to express the same opinions in public as a result of a prior agreement

Still, he mostly sang from the same hymnbook as the Bush Administration, saying fundamental fiscal trends are favorable.

sing like a bird

to divulge secrets with little coercion

sing out

To cry out in pain

My lad,” said Captain Cuttle, “don’t you sing out afore you’re hurt.

sing out

To call out

This was the first time I had taken a weather earing, and I felt not a little proud to sit astride of the weather yard-arm, pass the earing, and sing out, “Haul out to leeward!”.

sing soprano

To perform vocal music in a higher pitch than alto

sing soprano

To suffer castration or an injury to the testicles

A couple of women lawyers . . . drew a sharp, gleaming knife and applied it mentally to a target just south of the groom's waistline. If he doesn't like it, let the bastard go sing soprano to the A.C.L.U. Such was the ladies' thought.

sing the praises of

To commend someone's attributes to others

sing-along

An event where a group of people sing together, especially with a person or small group leading

sing-song

An informal gathering involving group singing

sing-song

Like a piece of sing-song; simple and melodic, song-like

sing-song

A kind of verse with a simple, song-like rhythm

sing-songy

Sing-song

Hello, Mrs. Peck, Mama called out, in her sing-songy way, like she always did.

sing.

The New Penguin Dictionary of Abbreviations: from A to zz, Rosalind Fergusson (© Penguin Books, 2000), page 350 Abbreviation of singular

sing.

Abbreviation of singulorum

sing the blues

(deyim) Complain

sing up

Sing more loudly

Sing up, boys, I can't hear you!.

Sing Sing

a prison in New York State, famous in the past for controlling prisoners very strictly

Sing a song of sixpence

a nursery rhyme (=an old song or poem for young children) which starts: Sing a song of sixpence,/A pocket full of rye;/Four-and-twenty blackbirds/Baked in a pie./When the pie was opened,/The birds began to sing,/Wasn't that a dainty dish/To set before the King?

sing a different tune

speak differently, change one's stance

sing along

If you sing along with a piece of music, you sing it while you are listening to someone else perform it. We listen to children's shows on the radio, and Janey can sing along with all the tunes You can sing along to your favourite Elvis hits. fifteen hundred people all singing along and dancing. see also singalong

sing along

sing with a choir or an orchestra; "Every year the local orchestra and choir perform the `Messiah' and the audience is invited to sing along

sing dumb

keep quiet, remain silent

sing false

sing out of tune

sing for one's supper

work for one's food, work to financially support oneself

sing like a bird

sing beautifully

sing like a lark

sing nicely, sing with a pleasant voice

sing low

speak seldom, rarely talk; lower the tone

sing on the other side of one's mouth

speak differently, change one's standpoint

sing out

scream, sing loudly

sing out of tune

sing with incorrect notes, sign with incorrect tones

sing small

lower the musical key, singer in a lower key

sing sorrow

complain, express dissatisfaction; despair, lose hope

sing the same song

repeat the utterances of others

sing the same tune

be unanimous, be of one voice

sing-song

A sing-song is an occasion on which a group of people sing songs together for pleasure. = singalong

sing-song

A sing-song voice repeatedly rises and falls in pitch. He started to speak in a nasal sing-song voice

jook-sing

An American or Canadian-born Chinese, whose native language is English and who has little or no command of Chinese languages

singing

The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing

singing

Present participle of sing

singing

Producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam

singing

Disclosing information, or giving evidence about another

singingly

whilst singing; accompanied by the sounds of singing

sang

Sang is the past tense of sing. A past tense of sing. the past tense of sing

sang

of Sing

singer

{n} one who sings, one skilled in singing

Of Thee I Sing

{i} 1931 musical composed by George Gershwin

Singer

{i} family name; Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991), United States novelist and writer of short stories in the Yiddish language (born in Poland), winner of the 1978 Nobel Prize in literature

North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng

hit

ash

wot

hat

has

sit

rit

mos

put

Your singing puts many a professional singer to shame. - Your singing puts professional singers to shame.

Your singing puts professional singers to shame. - Your singing puts many a professional singer to shame.

sey

Capable of being sung

singable

suitable for singing; "singable melody is the essence of music"- Winthrop Sargeant

singed

{s} slightly burnt, burnt at the edges

singed

past of singe

singeing

present participle of singe

singer

A machine for singeing cloth

singer

a person who sings

singer

A singer is a person who sings, especially as a job. My mother was a singer in a dance band. Dame Joan Sutherland, one of the great opera singers of the century. American inventor and manufacturer who patented (1851) a sewing machine capable of making continuous stitches. someone who sings pop/opera/folk etc singer. master singer Sargent John Singer Singer NV Singer Isaac Bashevis Singer Isaac Merritt

singer

dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure. See square dance singer

singer

{i} one who sings, one who utters words melodiously; songbird; poet; informer (Slang); person or thing that singes or scorches

singer

One who sings; especially, one whose profession is to sing

singer

United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875)

singer

person who sings, is able to sing, or earns a living by singing

singer

United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991)

singer

One employed to singe cloth

singer

a person who sings United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991) United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875)

singer

One who, or that which, singes

{i} vocalist

the act of singing vocal music

singing

{s} chanting; melodious

singing

Singing is a continued whistle or howl in an amplified telephone circuit It occurs when the sum of the repeater gains exceed the sum of the circuit losses

singing

An undesired self-sustained audio oscillation in a circuit Note: Singing is usually caused by positive feedback, excessive gain, or unbalance of a hybrid termination, or by some combination of these (188)

singing

{i} act of making musical sounds with the voice; expressing words musically; whistling; informing (Slang)

singing

A continued whistle in a repeater-based circuit It happens when the sum of the repeater gains is greater than the sum of the circuit losses

singing

A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs

singing

from Sing, v

singing

Singing is the activity of making musical sounds with your voice. a people's carnival, with singing and dancing in the streets. the singing of a traditional hymn She's having singing lessons. the activity of producing musical sounds with your voice

singing

Some chatters just can't stop themselves from singing in Chatting Rooms while others are busy talking away One wonders whether these people do the same thing in actual "real life" get togethers and how everyone else makes themselves heard above them Maybe everyone just joins in - or kicks them out

singing

disclosing information or giving evidence about another

singing

{i} cantation

singingly

With sounds like singing; with a kind of tune; in a singing tone

sings

third-person singular of sing

sings

plural of sing

starting to sing

breaking into song, beginning to sing

sung

the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy using the voice in song; "vocal music

sung

using the voice in song; "vocal music"

sung

the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy

sung

past participle of sing

sung

Sung is the past participle of sing. the past participle of sing. Sung chiang Kim Il sung Liu Sung nien Sung dynasty Su Sung Sung hua Chiang

sung

of Sing

sîng

Silbentrennung

sing

Türkische aussprache

sîng

Synonyme

belt out, burst into song, buzz, canary, cantillate, carol, chant, chirp, choir, croon, descant, duet, groan, harmonize, hum

Antonyme

be quiet, conceal

Aussprache

/ˈsəɴɢ/ /ˈsɪŋ/

Etymologie

() From Middle English singen, from Old English singan 'to sing, recite', from Proto-Germanic *singwanan (compare West Frisian sjonge, Dutch zingen, German singen, Swedish sjunga), from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷh- (compare Welsh deongl 'to explain', Ancient Greek omphē 'voice, oracle', Prakrit saṃghai 'to say, teach').