Sing \Sing\, v. i. [imp. Sungor 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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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