EGAVE

sing

About 15.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
  2. verb To perform a vocal part in a musical composition, regardless of technique.
    "I really want to sing in the school choir," said Vera.
  3. verb To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
    sing a lullaby
  4. verb To soothe with singing.
    to sing somebody to sleep
  5. verb Of birds, to vocalise: To produce a 'song', for the purposes of defending a breeding territory or to attract a mate. To produce any type of melodious vocalisation.
  6. verb To produce a 'song', for the purposes of defending a breeding territory or to attract a mate.
  7. verb To produce any type of melodious vocalisation.
  8. verb To rejoice.
    My heart was singing.

Similar words

talk blab tattle whistle babble peach babble out blab out song singer

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the a and in to it of for with

Word family

sang singable singing sings sung

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