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Noun
S:
(n)
singing
,
vocalizing
(the act of singing vocal music)
S:
(n)
tattle
,
singing
,
telling
(disclosing information or giving evidence about another)
Verb
S:
(v)
sing
(deliver by singing)
"Sing Christmas carols"
S:
(v)
sing
(produce tones with the voice)
"She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"
S:
(v)
sing
(to make melodious sounds)
"The nightingale was singing"
S:
(v)
whistle
,
sing
(make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound)
"the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear"
S:
(v)
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"
S:
(v)
singe
,
swinge
(burn superficially or lightly)
"I singed my eyebrows"
S:
(v)
scorch
,
sear
,
singe
(become superficially burned)
"my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
sentence frame
Adjective
S:
(adj)
cantabile
,
singing
(smooth and flowing)