"sing" | Definition and Related Words

sing

Verb

Deliver by singing (synset 201734912)
"Sing Christmas carols"

referred to in: music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.)
is a type of:
- sing - produce tones with the voice
- interpret, render - give an interpretation or rendition of
subtypes:
- solmizate - sing by the syllables of solmization
- troll - sing the parts of (a round) in succession
- hymn - sing a hymn
- carol - sing carols
- madrigal - sing madrigals
verb group: sing - to make melodious sounds
Produce tones with the voice (synset 201733312)
"She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"

referred to in: music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.)

is a type of: mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize - express in speech
subtypes:
- place - sing a note with the correct pitch
- troll - sing loudly and without inhibition
- croon - sing softly
- cantillate, chant, intonate, intone - recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
- descant, warble, yodel - sing by changing register; sing by yodeling
- quaver, trill, warble - sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
- treble - sing treble
- hum - sing with closed lips
- belt, belt out - sing loudly and forcefully
- descant on - sing a descant on a main tune or melody
- vocalise, vocalize - sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel
- harmonise, harmonize - sing or play in harmony
- descant - sing in descant
- sing along - sing with a choir or an orchestra
- psalm - sing or celebrate in psalms
- minstrel - celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels
- solmizate - sing using syllables like `do', `re' and `mi' to represent the tones of the scale
- chirp, tweedle - sing in modulation
- choir, chorus - sing in a choir
- sing - deliver by singing
To make melodious sounds (synset 201069838)
"The nightingale was singing"

is a type of: emit, let loose, let out, utter - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)

verb group: sing - deliver by singing
Make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound (synset 201045759)
"the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear"

is a type of: go, sound - make a certain noise or sound

same as: whistle
Divulge confidential information or secrets (synset 200939238)
"Be careful--his secretary talks"

is a type of: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

same as: babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, spill the beans, talk, tattle

verb group: spill, talk - reveal information

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