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sing

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1. sing - Noun

2. sing - Adjective

3. sing - Verb

4. Sing - Proper noun

Meaning

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 sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.

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

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

Ti cry out; to complain.

To utter with musical infections or modulations of voice.

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

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

To accompany, or attend on, with singing.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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A musician would not willingly consent that his lyre should be out of tune, nor a leader of a chorus that his chorus should not sing in the strictest possible harmony; but shall each individual person be at variance with himself, and shall he exhibit a life not at all in agreement with his words? Basil of Caesarea

Now all things have been filled with light, both heaven and earth and those beneath the earth; so let all creation sing Christ's rising, by which it is established. John of Damascus

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

Whose bread you eat, his songs you'll sing. Finnish Proverb

Those who wish to sing always find a song. Swedish Proverb

Until spring comes, nightingales do not sing. Azerbaijani Proverb

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