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sing
Overview of verb sing
The verb sing has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (46) sing -- (deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols")
2. (35) sing -- (produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well")
3. (3) sing -- (to make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing")
4. (1) whistle, sing -- (make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear")
5. (1) spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out -- (divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks")
Grep of noun sing
administrative data processing
advertising
anchovy dressing
antialiasing
associate in nursing
automatic data processing
bachelor of arts in nursing
background processing
bank closing
batch processing
blessing
bleu cheese dressing
blue cheese dressing
braising
browsing
business data processing
buttressing
canvassing
caressing
casing
causing
cleansing
closing
composing
compressing
condensing
coursing
cross dressing
crossing
curtain raising
data processing
decompressing
defusing
degaussing
despising
devising
diagnosing
distributed data processing
distributor housing
doris lessing
doris may lessing
double-crossing
dousing
dowsing
dressing
easing
electronic data processing
enclosing
ethnic cleansing
exercising
fire-raising
focusing
focussing
foreground processing
french dressing
gassing
gotthold ephraim lessing
grade crossing
guessing
hairdressing
half-and-half dressing
hell raising
hissing
house-raising
housing
information processing
integrated data processing
italian dressing
kissing
lamp housing
lansing
lapsing
lessing
level crossing
list processing
lorenzo dressing
marbleising
medical dressing
merchandising
mineral dressing
mineral processing
multiprocessing
musing
natural language processing
nursing
ore dressing
ore processing
overcrossing
oyster dressing
parallel processing
passing
pedestrian crossing
pelican crossing
perusing
phrasing
pissing
plant closing
pleasing
posing
pressing
priority processing
processing
professing
public housing
pulsing
purchasing
raising
real-time processing
refocusing
relapsing
remote-access data processing
rephrasing
revising
rinsing
rising
roquefort dressing
rousing
russian dressing
salad dressing
sassing
school crossing
school of nursing
sensing
sensitising
serial processing
sing-kwa
singalong
singan
singapore
singapore dollar
singapore island
singaporean
singe
singer
singhalese
singing
singing voice
single
single-breasted jacket
single-breasted suit
single-entry bookkeeping
single-foot
single-leaf
single-leaf pine
single-leaf pinyon
single-member system
single-mindedness
single-propeller plane
single-reed instrument
single-reed woodwind
single-rotor helicopter
single-spacing
single bed
single combat
single cream
single crochet
single dwelling
single entry
single file
single prop
single quote
single shell
single stitch
single supplement
single tax
singleness
singles
singlestick
singlet
singletary pea
singleton
singsong
singular
singular form
singular matrix
singularity
singultus
socialising
sousing
supervising
surgical dressing
symbolising
synchronising
teasing
teleprocessing
thousand island dressing
top dressing
tract housing
uprising
using
warehousing
window dressing
word processing
zebra crossing
Antonyms of verb sing
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sing
5 senses of sing
Sense 1
sing
=> sing
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
=> interpret, render
=> perform, execute, do
Sense 2
sing
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 3
sing
=> utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sense 4
whistle, sing
=> sound, go
=> cause to be perceived
Sense 5
spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out
=> unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
=> tell
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sing
2 of 5 senses of sing
Sense 1
sing
=> solmizate
=> troll
=> hymn
=> carol
=> madrigal
Sense 2
sing
=> place
=> troll
=> croon
=> chant, intone, intonate, cantillate
=> yodel, warble, descant
=> warble, trill, quaver
=> treble
=> hum
=> belt out, belt
=> descant on
=> vocalize, vocalise
=> harmonize, harmonise
=> descant
=> sing along
=> psalm
=> minstrel
=> solmizate
=> tweedle, chirp
=> choir, chorus
=> sing
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sing
5 senses of sing
Sense 1
sing
=> sing
=> interpret, render
Sense 2
sing
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
Sense 3
sing
=> utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sense 4
whistle, sing
=> sound, go
Sense 5
spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out
=> unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
'Cause To' of verb sing
Derived Forms of verb sing
5 senses of sing
Sense 1
sing
RELATED TO>(noun) song#1
=> song, vocal
RELATED TO>(noun) song#3
=> song, strain
RELATED TO>(noun) singer#1
=> singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser
RELATED TO>(noun) singing#1
=> singing, vocalizing
Sense 2
sing
RELATED TO>(noun) song#1
=> song, vocal
RELATED TO>(noun) song#3
=> song, strain
RELATED TO>(noun) singer#1
=> singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser
RELATED TO>(noun) singing#1
=> singing, vocalizing
Sense 3
sing
RELATED TO>(noun) song#4
=> birdcall, call, birdsong, song
RELATED TO>(noun) singer#1
=> singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser
Sense 4
whistle, sing
RELATED TO>(noun) song#2
=> song
Sense 5
spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out
RELATED TO>(noun) singing#2
=> tattle, singing, telling
Domain of verb sing
2 of 5 senses of sing
Sense 1
sing
TOPIC>(noun) music#3
Sense 2
sing
TOPIC>(noun) music#3
Domain Terms of verb sing
Familiarity of verb sing
sing used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb sing
5 senses of sing
Sense 1
sing
EX: They will sing the duet
Sense 2
sing
EX: Sam and Sue sing
Sense 3
sing
EX: The birds sing in the woods
EX: The woods sing with many kinds of birds
Sense 4
whistle, sing
EX: Sam and Sue sing
Sense 5
spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb sing
5 senses of sing
Sense 1
sing
> sing
=> place
=> troll
=> croon
=> chant, intone, intonate, cantillate
=> yodel, warble, descant
=> warble, trill, quaver
=> treble
=> hum
=> belt out, belt
=> descant on
=> vocalize, vocalise
=> harmonize, harmonise
=> descant
=> sing along
=> psalm
=> minstrel
=> solmizate
=> tweedle, chirp
=> choir, chorus
=> sing
> interpret, render
=> sing
Sense 2
sing
> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
=> read
=> vocalize, vocalise, phonate
=> troll
=> begin
=> lip off, shoot one's mouth off
=> shout
=> whisper
=> peep
=> speak up
=> snap, snarl
=> enthuse
=> speak in tongues
=> swallow
=> verbalize, verbalise
=> whiff
=> talk of, talk about
=> blubber, blubber out
=> drone, drone on
=> bumble, stutter, stammer, falter
=> rasp
=> blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate
=> tone, inflect, modulate
=> deliver, present
=> generalize, generalise
=> chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
=> chatter
=> yack, jaw, yack away, rattle on, yap away
=> open up
=> snivel, whine
=> murmur
=> mumble, mutter, maunder, mussitate
=> slur
=> bark
=> bay
=> rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave
=> hiss, sizz, siss, sibilate
=> cackle
=> babble
=> tone, chant, intone
=> gulp
=> sing
Sense 3
sing
> utter, emit, let out, let loose
=> call
=> gibber
=> crow
=> crow
=> trumpet
=> coo
=> shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall
=> miaou, miaow
=> tsk, tut, tut-tut
=> repeat, echo
=> call
=> shoot
=> gurgle
=> cry
=> nasale
=> bite out
=> sigh
=> troat
=> lift
=> pant
=> volley
=> break into
=> heave
=> chorus
=> sputter, splutter
=> deliver
=> hoot
=> grunt
=> wolf-whistle
=> snort
=> spit, spit out
=> groan, moan, sough
=> grumble, growl, rumble
=> howl, wrawl, yammer, yowl
=> bark
=> bleat, blate, blat, baa
=> bellow, roar
=> peep, twirp, cheep, chirp, chirrup
=> churr, whirr
=> chirr
=> meow, mew
=> quack
=> hoot
=> honk, cronk
=> hiss, siss, sizz, sibilate
=> sibilate
=> hee-haw, bray
=> squeal, oink
=> cluck, click, clack
=> moo, low
=> cackle
=> gobble
=> neigh, nicker, whicker, whinny
=> gargle
=> caw
=> mew
=> haw
=> hem
=> croak, cronk
=> sing
=> smack
=> give
Sense 4
whistle, sing
> sound, go
=> snarl
=> whistle, sing
=> blow
=> ting
=> make noise, resound, noise
=> splat
=> twang
=> clang, clangor
=> clank
=> clangor, clangour
=> boom, boom out
=> drum, beat, thrum
=> rattle
=> tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat
=> resonate, vibrate
=> tweet, twirp
=> skirl
=> gurgle
=> glug
=> blow
=> whish
=> guggle
=> ping
=> pink, ping, knock
=> trump
=> squelch
=> chug
=> ring, peal
=> buzz, bombinate, bombilate
=> chime
=> rustle
=> snap, crack
=> crack
=> honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot
=> whistle
=> resound, echo, ring, reverberate
=> thud, thump
=> clop, clump, clunk, plunk
=> patter, pitter-patter
=> tap, rap, knock, pink
=> click, tick
=> chatter, click
=> pop
=> tinkle, tink, clink, chink
=> splash, splosh, slosh, slush
=> hum, thrum
=> bleep
=> rumble, grumble
=> boom, din
=> bang
=> ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle
=> lap, swish, swosh, swoosh
=> drone
=> whizz, whiz, whirr, whir, birr, purr
=> roll
Sense 5
spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out
> unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
=> blackwash
=> muckrake
=> blow
=> out
=> come out of the closet, out, come out
=> spring
=> betray, bewray
=> confide
=> leak
=> spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out
=> reveal
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb sing
Sense 1
sing
=> sing
=> interpret, render
Sense 3
sing
=> utter, emit, let out, let loose
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Sense 2
sing
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
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Sense 4
whistle, sing
=> sound, go
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Sense 5
spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out
=> unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
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Grep of verb sing
sight-sing
sightsing
sing
sing along
singe
single
single-foot
single crochet
single out
single stitch
singsong
singularise
singularize
Grep of adj sing
accusing
agonising
all-encompassing
amusing
appeasing
appetising
appraising
bruising
caressing
carousing
centralising
cleansing
closing
compromising
confusing
cursing
debasing
decentralising
decreasing
demoralising
depressing
desensitising
diffusing
disclosing
displeasing
distressing
drowsing
embarrassing
encompassing
energising
energy-releasing
engrossing
enterprising
familiarising
galvanising
hair-raising
heat-releasing
high-sudsing
imposing
increasing
ionising
low-sudsing
maximising
missing
musing
narcotising
nonenterprising
opposing
passing
patronising
pleasing
praising
prepossessing
pressing
profit-maximising
promising
pulsing
rabble-rousing
raising
releasing
repressing
revitalising
rising
rousing
self-aggrandising
sensitising
singable
singaporean
singhalese
singing
single
single-barreled
single-barrelled
single-bedded
single-breasted
single-celled
single-channel
single-handed
single-humped
single-lane
single-minded
single-seeded
single-shelled
single-spaced
single-stranded
singsong
singular
stabilising
surpassing
surprising
tantalising
teasing
tossing
tranquilising
trespassing
unamusing
unappetising
unceasing
uncompromising
unenterprising
unimposing
unpleasing
unprepossessing
unpromising
unsurprising
unsympathising
Grep of adv sing
in passing
passing
single-handed
single-handedly
single-mindedly
singly
singularly
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