v.
Pronunciation: ' si ŋ
Function: verb
Inflected Form: sang \ ' sa ŋ \ or sung \ ' s ə ŋ \ ; sung ; sing · ing \ ' si ŋ -i ŋ \
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English singan; akin to Old High German singan to singular, Greek omph ē voice
Date: before 12th century
intransitive verb
1 a : to produce musical tones by means of the voice b : to utter words in musical tones and with musical inflections and modulations c : to deliver songs as a trained or professional singer
2 : to make a shrill whining or whistling sound
3 a : to relate or celebrate something in verse b : to compose poetry c : to create in or through words a feeling or sense of song <prose that sing s >
4 : to produce musical or harmonious sounds <birds sing ing >
5 : BUZZ , RING
6 : to make a cry : CALL
7 : to give information or evidence
transitive verb
1 : to utter with musical inflections especially : to interpret in musical tones produced by the voice
2 : to relate or celebrate in verse
3 : CHANT , INTONE
4 : to bring or accompany to a place or state by singing < sing s the child to sleep>
– sing · able \ ' si ŋ - ə -b ə l \ adjective