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sing

  [sing] verb, sang or, often, sung; sung; sing⋅ing; noun
Use sing in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.
2. to perform a song or voice composition: She promised to sing for us.
3. to produce melodious sounds, usually high in pitch, as certain birds, insects, etc.: The nightingale sang in the tree.
4. to compose poetry: Keats sang briefly but gloriously.
5. to tell about or praise someone or something in verse or song: He sang of the warrior's prowess.
6. to admit of being sung, as verses: This lyric sings well.
7. to give out a continuous ringing, whistling, murmuring, burbling, or other euphonious sound, as a teakettle or a brook.
8. to make a short whistling, ringing, or whizzing sound: The bullet sang past his ear.
9. (of an electrical amplifying system) to produce an undesired self-sustained oscillation.
10. to have the sensation of a ringing or humming sound, as the ears.
11. Slang. to confess or act as an informer; squeal.
–verb (used with object)
12. to utter with musical modulations of the voice, as a song.
13. to escort or accompany with singing.
14. to proclaim enthusiastically.
15. to bring, send, put, etc., with or by singing: She sang the baby to sleep.
16. to chant or intone: to sing mass.
17. to tell or praise in verse or song.
–noun
18. the act or performance of singing.
19. a gathering or meeting of persons for the purpose of singing: a community sing.
20. a singing, ringing, or whistling sound, as of a bullet.
—Verb phrase
21. sing out, Informal. to call in a loud voice; shout: They lost their way in the cavern and sang out for help.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME singen, OE singan; c. D zingen, G singen, ON syngva, Goth siggwan

Related forms:
sing⋅a⋅ble, adjective
sing⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, sing⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
sing⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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sing.

 
singular.
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sing   (sĭng)   
v.   sang (sāng) or sung (sŭng), sung, sing·ing, sings

v.   intr.
  1. Music
    1. To utter a series of words or sounds in musical tones.
    2. To vocalize songs or selections.
    3. To perform songs or selections as a trained or professional singer.
    4. To produce sounds when played: made the violin sing.
    5. To make melodious sounds: birds singing outside the window.
    6. To give or have the effect of melody; lilt.
    7. To proclaim or extol something in verse.
    8. To write poetry.
    1. To make melodious sounds: birds singing outside the window.
    2. To give or have the effect of melody; lilt.
    3. To proclaim or extol something in verse.
    4. To write poetry.
  3. To make a high whining, humming, or whistling sound.
  4. To be filled with a buzzing or ringing sound.
    1. To proclaim or extol something in verse.
    2. To write poetry.
  6. Slang To give information or evidence against someone.
v.   tr.
  1. Music
    1. To produce the musical sound of: sang a love song.
    2. To utter with musical inflections: She sang the message.
    3. To bring to a specified state by singing: sang the baby to sleep.
  2. To intone or chant (parts of the Mass, for example).
  3. To proclaim or extol, especially in verse: sang his praises.
n.   Music
A gathering of people for group singing.
Phrasal Verb(s):
sing outTo call out loudly.

[Middle English singen, from Old English singan; see sengwh- in Indo-European roots.]
sing'a·ble adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Sing

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.

Sing

Sing\, v. t. 1. To utter with musical infections or modulations of voice.

And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb. --Rev. xv. 3.

And in the darkness sing your carol of high praise. --Keble.

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

Arms and the man I sing. --Dryden.

The last, the happiest British king, Whom thou shalt paint or I shall sing. --Addison.

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

4. To accompany, or attend on, with singing.

I heard them singing home the bride. --Longfellow.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : sing
Spanish: cantar,
German: singen,
Japanese: 歌う
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sing 
O.E. singan "to chant, sing, tell in song," also used of birds (class III strong verb; past tense sang, pp. sungen), from P.Gmc. *sengwanan (cf. O.Fris. sionga, M.Du. singhen, O.H.G. singan, Ger. singen, Goth. siggwan, O.N. syngva, Swed. sjunga), from PIE base *sengwh- "to sing, make an incantation." No related forms in other languages, unless perhaps it is connected to Gk. omphe "voice" (especially of a god), "oracle;" and Welsh dehongli "explain, interpret." The typical IE root is represented by L. canere (see chant). Other words meaning "sing" derive from roots meaning "cry, shout," but Ir. gaibim is lit. "take, seize," with sense evolution via "take up" a song or melody. The criminal slang sense of "to confess to authorities" is attested from 1612. Singsong (adj.) is first recorded 1734, from earlier use as a noun (1609).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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