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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. --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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sung \Sung\, imp. & p. p. of {Sing}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sung adj : using the voice in song; "vocal music" [syn: {vocal}]
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