From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sing \Sing\ (s[i^]ng), v. t.
1. To utter with musical inflections or modulations of voice.
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And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God,
and the song of the Lamb. --Rev. xv. 3.
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And in the darkness sing your carol of high praise.
--Keble.
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2. To celebrate in song; to give praises to in verse; to
relate or rehearse in numbers, verse, or poetry. --Milton.
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Arms and the man I sing. --Dryden.
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The last, the happiest British king,
Whom thou shalt paint or I shall sing. --Addison.
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3. To influence by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a
child to sleep.
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4. To accompany, or attend on, with singing.
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I heard them singing home the bride. --Longfellow.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sing \Sing\ (s[i^]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.
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The noise of them that sing do I hear. --Ex. xxxii.
18.
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2. To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.
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On every bough the briddes heard I sing. --Chaucer.
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Singing birds, in silver cages hung. --Dryden.
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3. To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in
passing through a crevice.
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O'er his head the flying spear
Sang innocent, and spent its force in air. --Pope.
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4. To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to
celebrate something in poetry. --Milton.
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Bid her . . . sing
Of human hope by cross event destroyed. --Prior.
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5. To cry out; to complain. [Obs.]
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They should sing if thet they were bent. --Chaucer.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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,
sing]
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,
sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: {keep one's mouth
shut}, keep quiet, shut one's mouth]