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singest

singest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of sing.

singest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of singe.

Meaning of sing

Verb

sing (third-person singular simple present sings, present participle singing, simple past sang or sung, past participle sung or (archaic) sungen)

  1. (intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
    • "I really want to sing in the school choir," said Vera.
  2. (intransitive) To perform a vocal part in a musical composition, regardless of technique.
  3. (transitive) To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
    • sing a lullaby
  4. (transitive) To soothe with singing.
    • to sing somebody to sleep
  5. (ambitransitive) To produce a 'song', for the purposes of defending a breeding territory or to attract a mate.
  6. (ambitransitive, literary) To produce any type of melodious vocalisation.
    • ⁠I do but sing because I must,
      And pipe but as the linnets sing:
      And unto one her note is gay,
      ⁠For now her little ones have ranged;
      ⁠And unto one her note is changed,
      Because her brood is stol’n away.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 36

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Meaning of singe

Verb

singe (third-person singular simple present singes, present participle singeing, simple past and past participle singed)

  1. (transitive) To burn slightly.
    • made combustible by Flame They treat of, we have pretty Game, For they their own Tail Singe, to save Us1702, Sir Roger L’Estrange, “The First Viſion of the Algouazil (or Catchpole) Poſſest”, in The Viſions of Dom Franciſco de Quevedo-Villegas'^([21])
  2. (transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
  3. (transitive) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.

See all 4 meanings of singe

Origin of singest

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Phrases with singest

Questions about singest

What is singest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Singest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of sing.

Words near singest in the dictionary

  1. singerlike
  2. singerly
  3. singers
  4. singes
  5. singes one's wings
  6. singest
  7. singest small
  8. singeth
  9. singeth small
  10. singgang
  11. Singh

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