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[Sing]

When you sing, you make music with your voice: "Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti..." You get it.

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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.

Verb
divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"

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make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear"

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to make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing"

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produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"

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deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols"

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v. i.
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.

v. i.
To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.

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

v. i.
To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry.

v. i.
Ti cry out; to complain.

v. t.
To utter with musical infections or modulations of voice.

v. t.
To celebrate is song; to give praises to in verse; to relate or rehearse in numbers, verse, or poetry.

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

v. t.
To accompany, or attend on, with singing.


Sing

Sing , v. i. [imp. Sung or 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.
2. To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.
On every bough the briddes heard I sing.
Singing birds, in silver cages hung.
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.
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.
5. Ti cry out; to complain. [Obs.]
They should sing if thet they were bent.

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.
And in the darkness sing your carol of high praise.
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.
The last, the happiest British king, Whom thou shalt paint or I shall sing.
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.

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.

To utter with musical infections or modulations of voice.

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Usage Examples

Comics, for me, is being able to sing alone in the shower. I find it freeing. You just pick up a pen and get to it.

Anybody can have a birthday. It requires nothing. Murderers have birthdays. It's the opposite of anything that I believe in. And I don't like at work where you stop everything to sing 'Happy Birthday' to someone. I feel like that's for children.

Girls are taught to sing high and pretty, like Antony, not low and from the guts like Nina Simone. But we're slowly trying to change that. There are so many things we're not told growing up, and it's our true feminist responsibility to take the truth to the people who need to hear it.

Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it or sculpt it. You literally mold the experience the way you want. It's therapy.

God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?

Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.

And I ask why am I black, they say I was born in sin, and shamed inequity. One of the main songs we used to sing in church makes me sick, 'love wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.

A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away!

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Birds sing after a storm why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?

But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.

And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry.

And I used to think that proof that I had religion was whether I knew how to sing all of the songs.

Go, forget me - why should sorrow, O'er that brow a shadow fling? Go, forget me - and tomorrow, brightly smile and sweetly sing. Smile - though I shall not be near thee Sing - though I shall never hear thee.

Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.

A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.

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