Dictionary entry details
• SING (verb)
Meaning:
Deliver by singing
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
Sing Christmas carols
Hypernyms (to "sing" is one way to...):
sing (produce tones with the voice)
interpret; render (give an interpretation or rendition of)
Domain category:
music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sing"):
solmizate (sing by the syllables of solmization)
troll (sing the parts of (a round) in succession)
hymn (sing a hymn)
carol (sing carols)
madrigal (sing madrigals)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They will sing the duet
Meaning:
Produce tones with the voice
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context examples:
She was singing while she was cooking / My brother sings very well
Hypernyms (to "sing" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Domain category:
music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sing"):
place (sing a note with the correct pitch)
descant (sing in descant)
sing along (sing with a choir or an orchestra)
psalm (sing or celebrate in psalms)
minstrel (celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels)
solmizate (sing using syllables like 'do', 're' and 'mi' to represent the tones of the scale)
chirp; tweedle (sing in modulation)
choir; chorus (sing in a choir)
sing (deliver by singing)
harmonise; harmonize (sing or play in harmony)
vocalise; vocalize (sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel)
descant on (sing a descant on a main tune or melody)
troll (sing loudly and without inhibition)
croon (sing softly)
cantillate; chant; intonate; intone (recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm)
descant; warble; yodel (sing by changing register; sing by yodeling)
quaver; trill; warble (sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below)
treble (sing treble)
hum (sing with closed lips)
belt; belt out (sing loudly and forcefully)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s to somebody
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue sing
Meaning:
To make melodious sounds
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
The nightingale was singing
Hypernyms (to "sing" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something ----s something
Sentence examples:
The birds sing in the woods
The woods sing with many kinds of birds
Meaning:
Make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
sing; whistle
Context examples:
the kettle was singing / the bullet sang past his ear
Hypernyms (to "sing" is one way to...):
go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue sing
Meaning:
Divulge confidential information or secrets
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
spill the beans; babble out; blab; blab out; let the cat out of the bag; peach; tattle; babble; talk; sing
Context example:
Be careful--his secretary talks
Hypernyms (to "sing" is one way to...):
break; bring out; disclose; discover; divulge; expose; give away; impart; let on; let out; reveal; unwrap (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
