Sing

Quick meaning: Sing is a verb meaning (intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.

Meaning

(intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To perform a vocal part in a musical composition, regardless of technique.
2. (transitive) To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
3. (transitive) To soothe with singing.
4. (ambitransitive) Of birds, to vocalise:
5. (intransitive, slang) To confess under interrogation.
6. (intransitive) To make a small, shrill sound.
7. (ambitransitive) To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry; to praise.

Example Sentences

sing a lullaby

a singing kettle

to sing somebody to sleep

The air sings in passing through a crevice.

Word Forms

• sings
• singing
• singest
• singeth

Synonyms for sing

Depending on context, synonyms include peach, babble, tattle, blab, talk, whistle.

Antonyms for sing

Common opposites include lip-sync, mime, mouth.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include talk, blab, tattle, whistle, babble, peach.

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