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–noun
1.a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, esp. one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
2.a musical piece adapted for singing or simulating a piece to be sung: Mendelssohn's “Songs without Words.”
3.poetical composition; poetry.
4.the art or act of singing; vocal music.
5.something that is sung.
6.an elaborate vocal signal produced by an animal, as the distinctive sounds produced by certain birds, frogs, etc., in a courtship or territorial display.
7.for a song, at a very low price; as a bargain: We bought the rug for a song when the estate was auctioned off.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME song, sang, OE; c. G Sang, ON sǫngr, Goth saggws]

songlike, adjective
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Song    Audio Help   [sawng] Pronunciation Key
–noun Pinyin.
1.Ai·ling    Audio Help   [ahy-ling] Pronunciation Key. Soong, Ai-ling.
2.Qing·ling    Audio Help   [ching-ling] Pronunciation Key. Soong, Ching-ling.
3.Mei·ling    Audio Help   [mey-ling] Pronunciation Key. Soong, Mei-ling.
4.Zi·wen    Audio Help   [zɶ-wuhn] Pronunciation Key. Soong, Tse-ven.
5.Sung.
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song    Audio Help   (sông, sŏng)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Music
    1. A brief composition written or adapted for singing.
    2. The act or art of singing: broke into song.
    3. Poetry; verse.
    4. A lyric poem or ballad.
  2. A distinctive or characteristic sound made by an animal, such as a bird or an insect.
    1. Poetry; verse.
    2. A lyric poem or ballad.


[Middle English, from Old English sang; see sengwh- in Indo-European roots.]

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Song also Sung    Audio Help   (sŏŏng)  Pronunciation Key 
A Chinese dynasty (960-1279). Under its rule China achieved one of its highest levels of culture and prosperity.


[Chinese (Mandarin) Sòng, named after Sòng prefecture by its founder Zhao Kuangyin, where he was conferred his title.]

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song 
O.E. sang "art of singing, a metrical composition adapted for singing," from P.Gmc. *sangwaz (cf. O.N. söngr, Norw. song, Swed. sång, O.S., Dan., O.Fris., O.H.G., Ger. sang, M.Du. sanc, Du. zang, Goth. saggws), related to sing (q.v.). Songbook is O.E. sangboc; song-bird is from 1774; songster is O.E. sangystre. Phrase for a song is from "All's Well" III.ii.9. With a song in (one's) heart "feeling of joy" is first attested 1930 in Lorenz Hart's lyric. Song and dance as a form of vaudeville act is attested from 1872; fig. sense of "rigmarole" is from 1895.

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noun
1. a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs" 
2. a distinctive or characteristic sound; "the song of bullets was in the air"; "the song of the wind"; "the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead" 
3. the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates" 
4. the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age" [syn: birdcall
5. a very small sum; "he bought it for a song" 
6. the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy [syn: Sung

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song1 [soŋ] noun
something (to be) sung
Example: He wrote this song for his wife to sing.
Arabic: أغْنِيَه
Chinese (Simplified):
Chinese (Traditional):
Czech: píseň
Danish: sang
Dutch: lied
Estonian: laul
Finnish: laulu
French: chanson
German: das Lied
Greek: τραγούδι
Hungarian: dal; ének
Icelandic: söngur
Indonesian: lagu
Italian: canzone
Japanese:
Korean: 노래
Latvian: dziesma
Lithuanian: daina
Norwegian: sang, vise
Polish: pieśń, piosenka
Portuguese (Brazil): canção
Portuguese (Portugal): canção
Romanian: cântec
Russian: песня
Slovak: pieseň
Slovenian: pesem
Spanish: canción
Swedish: sång, visa
Turkish: şarkı
song2 [soŋ] noun
singing
Example: He burst into song.
Arabic: غِناء
Chinese (Simplified): 歌唱
Chinese (Traditional): 歌唱
Czech: zpěv
Danish: sang
Dutch: het zingen
Estonian: laulmine
Finnish: laulaminen
French: chanson
German: der Gesang
Greek: τραγούδι
Hungarian: dal(olás)
Icelandic: söngur
Indonesian: nyanyian
Italian: canzone
Japanese:
Korean: 노래하기
Latvian: dziedāšana
Lithuanian: dainavimas
Norwegian: sang, synging
Polish: śpiew
Portuguese (Brazil): canto
Portuguese (Portugal): canto
Romanian: cântat
Russian: пение
Slovak: spev
Slovenian: petje
Spanish: canto
Swedish: sång
Turkish: şarkı söyleme
song3 [soŋ] noun
the sound(s) made by a bird
Example: birdsong
Arabic: تَغْريد
Chinese (Simplified): 鸟语
Chinese (Traditional): 鳥語
Czech: zpěv
Danish: fuglesang
Dutch: gezang
Estonian: linnulaul
Finnish: linnunlaulu
French: chant
German: der Gesang
Greek: τραγούδι, κελάιδημα
Hungarian: madárének
Icelandic: fuglasöngur
Indonesian: kicauan
Italian: canto
Japanese: さえずり
Korean: (새의) 울음 소리
Latvian: dziesmiņa; čiepstēšana; treļļi
Lithuanian: giesmė, čiulbėjimas
Norwegian: fuglesang, *-kvitter
Polish: śpiew
Portuguese (Brazil): canto
Portuguese (Portugal): canto de pássaro
Romanian: cân­tec
Russian: пение
Slovak: spev
Slovenian: petje
Spanish: canto
Swedish: sång
Turkish: ötüş
See also: songbird, songwriter

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Song

Sing\, 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.

The noise of them that sing do I hear. --Ex. xxxii. 18.

2. To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.

On every bough the briddes heard I sing. --Chaucer.

Singing birds, in silver cages hung. --Dryden.

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

O'er his head the flying spear Sang innocent, and spent its force in air. --Pope.

4. To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry. --Milton.

Bid her . . . sing Of human hope by cross event destroyed. --Prior.

5. Ti cry out; to complain. [Obs.]

They should sing if thet they were bent. --Chaucer.
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