ysonge

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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