Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

"I really want to sing in the school choir," said Vera.

And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders, and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

sing a lullaby

In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.

to sing somebody to sleep

The air sings in passing through a crevice.

a singing kettle

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

Word Forms

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When Should You Use Sing?

Use sing when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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