Word Definition

Sing

  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.
  2. To celebrate is song; to give praises to in verse; to relate or rehearse in numbers, verse, or poetry.
  3. To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry.
  4. To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.
  5. Ti cry out; to complain.
  6. To influence by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a child to sleep.
  7. To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice.
  8. To accompany, or attend on, with singing.
  9. To utter with musical infections or modulations of voice.