sing

Meanings

Verb

• To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
• To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
• To soothe with singing.
• Of birds, to vocalise:
• To confess under interrogation.
• To make a small, shrill sound.
• To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.
• To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent.
• To be capable of being sung; to produce a certain effect by being sung.

Noun

• The act, or event, of singing songs.

Origin

• From Middle English singen, from Old English singan, from Proto-West Germanic *singwan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-. Cognate with German singen ("to sing").