sing
/ˈsɪŋ/ verb A1- To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
- To perform a vocal part in a musical composition, regardless of technique. · "I really want to sing in the school choir," said Vera.
- To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization. · sing a lullaby
- To soothe with singing. · to sing somebody to sleep
- To produce a 'song', for the purposes of defending a breeding territory or to attract a mate.
- To produce any type of melodious vocalisation.
- To rejoice. · My heart was singing.
- To confess under interrogation.
Plural sing · He/she/it sings · Past sang · Past participle sung · -ing form singing
Verb forms
- Base form
- sing
- He/she/it
- sings
- Past
- sang
- Past participle
- sung
- -ing form
- singing
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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And hear the thrushes singing in the lilacs round the lawn.
But having heard the neigh of the horse, they were so enchanted with the sound, that they tried to imitate it; and, in trying to neigh, they forgot how to sing.
I passed the days in singing.” They then said in derision: “If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter.”
The grasshoppers and sparrows entreated him not to cut down the tree that sheltered them, but to spare it, and they would sing to him and lighten his labours.
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