'Sing' definitions:

Definition of 'sing'

From: WordNet
verb
Deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols"
verb
Produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"
verb
To make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing"
verb
Make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear" [syn: whistle, sing]
verb
Divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth]

Definition of 'Sing'

From: GCIDE
  • Sing \Sing\ (s[i^]ng), v. i. [imp. Sungor Sang; p. p. Sung; p. pr. & vb. n. Singing.] [AS. singan; akin to D. zingen, OS. & OHG. singan, G. singen, Icel. syngja, Sw. sjunga, Dan. synge, Goth. siggwan, and perhaps to E. say, v.t., or cf. Gr. ??? voice. Cf. Singe, Song.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The noise of them that sing do I hear. --Ex. xxxii. 18. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do. [1913 Webster]
  • On every bough the briddes heard I sing. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Singing birds, in silver cages hung. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice. [1913 Webster]
  • O'er his head the flying spear Sang innocent, and spent its force in air. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Bid her . . . sing Of human hope by cross event destroyed. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To cry out; to complain. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • They should sing if thet they were bent. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Sing'

From: GCIDE
  • Sing \Sing\ (s[i^]ng), v. t.
  • 1. To utter with musical inflections or modulations of voice. [1913 Webster]
  • And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb. --Rev. xv. 3. [1913 Webster]
  • And in the darkness sing your carol of high praise. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To celebrate in song; to give praises to in verse; to relate or rehearse in numbers, verse, or poetry. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Arms and the man I sing. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • The last, the happiest British king, Whom thou shalt paint or I shall sing. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To influence by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a child to sleep. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To accompany, or attend on, with singing. [1913 Webster]
  • I heard them singing home the bride. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'sing'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Sing'