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French
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chanter
, bourdonner
, tinter
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Sing
- (v. i.) To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry.
- (v. t.) To influence by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a child to sleep.
- (v. i.) To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice.
- (v. i.) Ti cry out; to complain.
- (v. t.) To utter with musical infections or modulations of voice.
- (v. i.) To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece.
- (v. t.) To accompany, or attend on, with singing.
- (v. i.) To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.
- (v. t.) To celebrate is song; to give praises to in verse; to relate or rehearse in numbers, verse, or poetry.
Synonyms:
Babble, Blab, Peach, Talk, Tattle, Whistle,
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• S
- () the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, debris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh. See Guide to pronunciation, // 255-261.
Synonyms:
Mho, Second, South, Sulphur,
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• Singeing
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Singe
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• Single-acting
- (a.) Having simplicity of action; especially (Mach.), acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.
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• Single-surfaced
- (a.) Having one surface; -- said specif. of aeroplanes or aerocurves that are covered with fabric, etc., on only one side.
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