sing
For the verb: "to sing"
| Simple Past: | sang |
| Past Participle: | sung |
sing sing.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sing/sɪŋ/
▶verb (past sang; past part. sung)
- 1 make musical sounds with the voice, especially words with a set tune.
■ perform (a song) in this way.
■ (sing along) sing in accompaniment to a song or piece of music.
- 2 (of a bird) make characteristic melodious whistling and twittering sounds.
- 3 make a high-pitched sound.
- 4 informal act as an informer to the police.
- 5 recount or celebrate, especially in poetry.
– derivatives
singable adjective,
singer noun,
singing noun & adjective,
singingly adverb.
singable adjective,
singer noun,
singing noun & adjective,
singingly adverb.
– origin OE singan (v.), of Gmc origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sing.
▶abbreviation singular.
'sing' also found in these Oxford entries:
-a
- ablaut
- acoustic
- acrobatics
- adytum
- aerobatics
- aerobics
- aerodynamics
- aeronautics
- aesthetics
- aet.
- agogic
- aircrew
- alexanders
- ambisonic
- ana
- anaesthetic
- ancient lights
- angel wings
- angle shades
- animatronics
- Apocrypha
- apologetics
- aquarobics
- arcana
- archaebacteria
- architectonic
- aristocracy
- army
- astronautics
- astrophysics
- athletics
- ave
- avionics
- Bacchanalia
- bachelor's buttons
- backing track
- back row
- Baganda
- baize
- ballistics
- balls
- bar billiards
- baronage
- baronetage
- barracks
- basidiomycete
- Basotho
- be
- beestings

