'Singing' definitions:
Definition of 'singing'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Smooth and flowing [syn: cantabile, singing]
noun
The act of singing vocal music [syn: singing, vocalizing]
noun
Definition of 'Singing'
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 'Singing'
From: GCIDE
- Singing \Sing"ing\, a. & n. from Sing, v. [1913 Webster]
- Singing bird. (Zool.) (a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird. (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines.
- Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book of tunes.
- Singing falcon or Singing hawk. (Zool.) See {Chanting falcon}, under Chanting.
- Singing fish (Zool.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys porosissimus}), called also midshipman; -- so called because it produces a buzzing sound with its air bladder.
- Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called also chemical harmonicon.
- Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music.
- Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in singing. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'singing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alto,
- baritone,
- bass,
- beaming,
- beatific,
- beatified,
- bel canto,
- blessed,
- blissful,
- bravura,
- capering,
- cheerful,
- chirping,
- choral,
- choral service,
- choral singing,
- choric,
- coloratura,
- croon,
- crooning,
- dancing,
- dramatic,
- eisteddfod,
- falsetto,
- farewell performance,
- flushed with joy,
- folk singing,
- folk-music festival,
- folk-sing,
- gay,
- glad,
- glowing,
- happy,
- heroic,
- hootenanny,
- hum,
- humming,
- hymnal,
- intonation,
- jam session,
- joyful,
- joyous,
- laughing,
- leaping,
- liturgical,
- lyric,
- lyricism,
- music festival,
- musicale,
- opera festival,
- operatic,
- operatic singing,
- psalmic,
- psalmodial,
- psalmodic,
- purring,
- radiant,
- rock festival,
- sacred,
- scat,
- scat singing,
- service of song,
- sing,
- sing-in,
- singfest,
- smiling,
- smirking,
- sol-fa,
- sol-fa exercise,
- solfeggio,
- solmization,
- song,
- soprano,
- sparkling,
- starry-eyed,
- swan song,
- tenor,
- thrice happy,
- tonic sol-fa,
- treble,
- vocal,
- vocal music,
- vocalization,
- warbling,
- yodel,
- yodeling
Words containing 'Singing'
- Sing,
- Singe,
- Singed,
- Singeing,
- Singingly,
- Sing-sing,
- Kobus sing-sing,
- Part singing,
- Singing bird,
- Singing book,
- Singing falcon,
- Singing fish,
- Singing flame,
- Singing hawk,
- Singing master,
- Singing school,
- To sing placebo,
- a capella singing,
- a cappella singing,
- gospel singing,
- scat singing,
- sing along,
- singing voice,
- To hear a bird sing,
- part-singing,
- sight-sing,
- sing-kwa