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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sing \sing\ si^ng, v. i. imp. sungor sang; p. p.
   sung; p. pr.  vb. n. singing. as. singan; akin to d.
   zingen, os.  ohg. singan, g. singen, icel. syngja, sw.
   sjunga, dan. synge, goth. siggwan, and perhaps to e. say,
   v.t., or cf. gr. ??? voice. cf. singe, song.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            the noise of them that sing do i hear. --ex. xxxii.
                                                  18.
      1913 webster

   2. to utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.
      1913 webster

            on every bough the briddes heard i sing. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            singing birds, in silver cages hung.  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. to make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in
      passing through a crevice.
      1913 webster

            o'er his head the flying spear
            sang innocent, and spent its force in air. --pope.
      1913 webster

   4. to tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to
      celebrate something in poetry. --milton.
      1913 webster

            bid her . . . sing
            of human hope by cross event destroyed. --prior.
      1913 webster

   5. to cry out; to complain. obs.
      1913 webster

            they should sing if thet they were bent. --chaucer.
      1913 webster
see also:
sung sang singing singe song 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
singing \sing"ing\,
   a.  n. from sing, v.
   1913 webster

   singing bird. zool.
   a popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird.
   b specifically, any one of the oscines.

   singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book
      of tunes.

   singing falcon or singing hawk. zool. see chanting
      falcon, under chanting.

   singing fish zool., a california toadfish porichthys
      porosissimus, called also midshipman; -- so called
      because it produces a buzzing sound with its air bladder.
      

   singing flame acoustics, a flame, as of hydrogen or coal
      gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the
      air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. the
      apparatus is called also chemical harmonicon.

   singing master, a man who teaches vocal music.

   singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in
      singing.
      1913 webster
see also:
sing singing bird singing book singing falcon singing hawk chanting falcon 
chanting singing fish porichthys porosissimus midshipman singing flame 
chemical harmonicon singing master singing school 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
sing
     v 1: deliver by singing; "sing christmas carols"
     2: produce tones with the voice; "she was singing while she was
        cooking"; "my brother sings very well"
     3: to make melodious sounds; "the nightingale was singing"
     4: make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was
        singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear" syn: whistle
     5: divulge confidential information or secrets;  "be
        careful--his secretary talks" syn: spill the beans, let
        the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach,
         babble, babble out, blab out ant: keep quiet
     also: sung, singing, sang
see also:
whistle spill the beans let the cat out of the bag talk tattle blab 
peach babble babble out blab out keep quiet 
sung singing sang 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
singing
     adj : smooth and flowing syn: cantabile
     n 1: the act of singing vocal music syn: vocalizing
     2: disclosing information or giving evidence about another
        syn: tattle, telling
see also:
cantabile vocalizing tattle telling 
[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
singing
     see sing
see also:
sing 
[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
86 moby thesaurus words for "singing":
   alto, baritone, bass, beaming, beatific, beatified, bel canto,
   blessed, blissful, bravura, capering, cheerful, chirping, choral,
   choral service, choral singing, choric, coloratura, croon,
   crooning, dancing, dramatic, eisteddfod, falsetto,
   farewell performance, flushed with joy, folk singing,
   folk-music festival, folk-sing, gay, glad, glowing, happy, heroic,
   hootenanny, hum, humming, hymnal, intonation, jam session, joyful,
   joyous, laughing, leaping, liturgical, lyric, lyricism,
   music festival, musicale, opera festival, operatic,
   operatic singing, psalmic, psalmodial, psalmodic, purring, radiant,
   rock festival, sacred, scat, scat singing, service of song, sing,
   sing-in, singfest, smiling, smirking, sol-fa, sol-fa exercise,
   solfeggio, solmization, song, soprano, sparkling, starry-eyed,
   swan song, tenor, thrice happy, tonic sol-fa, treble, vocal,
   vocal music, vocalization, warbling, yodel, yodeling





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National Association of Teachers of Singing
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Sacred Harp Singing
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Singing News: Southern Gospel Music Magazine
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Thomas Hampson: I Hear America Singing
...... SINGING A comprehensive multimedia history of American concert song ... ..
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Fasola.org - Sacred Harp and Shape Note singing
...... singing practices, singing schools, singings, and singing conventions. ... Singing in Boston — Norumbega. *Minnesota - Singing in the Twin Cities ... ..
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