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   sing

   /sɪŋ/

   verb

   • 1. make musical sounds with the voice, especially words with a set tune: "Bella sang to the baby" Similar chantintonecrooncarolchoruswarbletrillpipequaveryodelrenderperforminformal:belt outrare:troll
   • ▪ perform (a song, words, or tune) by making musical sounds with the voice: "I asked her to sing some carols" Similar chantintonecrooncarolchoruswarbletrillpipequaveryodelrenderperforminformal:belt outrare:troll
   • ▪ sing in accompaniment to a song or piece of music: "we sing along to all the songs"
   • ▪ call something out loudly: "he sang out a greeting" Similar call outcallcrycry outshoutyelltrumpetbellowroarinformal:hollercooee
   • ▪ (of a bird) make characteristic melodious whistling and twittering sounds: "the birds were singing in the trees" Similar warbletrilltwitterchirpchirrupcheeppeep
   • 2. make a high-pitched whistling or buzzing sound: "the kettle was beginning to sing"
   • ▪ (of a person's ear) be affected with a continuous buzzing sound, especially as the after-effect of a blow or loud noise: "a stinging slap that made my ear sing"
   • 3. act as an informer to the police: informal "as soon as he got put under pressure, he sang like a canary" Similar inform (on someone)tell tales (on someone)informal:squealrat on someoneblow the whistle on someonepeach (on someone)snitch (on someone)put the finger on someonesell someone down the rivergrass (on someone)shop someonerat someone outfinger someonefink on someonedrop a/the dime on someonepimp on someone
   • 4. recount or celebrate in poetry or other literature: "poetry should sing the variety of the human race"
   • ▪ compose poetry: archaic "he knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme"

   noun

   • 1. an act or spell of singing: informal "we asked him to come back and have a bit of a sing"
   • ▪ a meeting for amateur singing. informal

   Word Origin Old Englishsingan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zingen and German singen.

   Derivatives

   • 1. singable adjective
   • 2. singingly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 5

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   • , sang [sang]or, often, sung [suhng];sung; sing·ing. to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically. She promised to sing for us. The nightingale sang in the tree. Keats sang briefly but gloriously. He sang of the warrior's prowess. This lyric sings well.

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   • sing. Sing. is a written abbreviation for singular. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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   What does it mean to sing in poetry?

   • In poetry, to sing is to honor or praise, as Walt Whitman does in "Song of Myself:" "I celebrate myself and sing myself." "Sing."

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