|
WordNet-Online
Free dictionary and thesaurus of English. Definitions, synonyms, antonyms and more...
Hint: double-click any word to get it searched!
Adjective singing has 1 sense
- cantabile, singing - smooth and flowing
Antonyms: unmelodious, unmelodic, unmusical (indirect, via melodious)
Noun singing has 2 senses
- singing, vocalizing - the act of singing vocal music
--1 is a kind of vocal music; musical performance
--1 has particulars:
- tattle, singing, telling - disclosing information or giving evidence about another
--2 is a kind of disclosure, revelation, revealing
Verb singe has 5 senses
- singe, swinge - burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows"
--1 is a kind of sing; interpret, render; char, blacken, scorch; sing; interpret, render; char, blacken, scorch
Sample sentences:
They will sing the duet
singe, swinge
Somebody ----s something
sing
They will sing the duet
singe, swinge
Somebody ----s something
- scorch, sear, singe - become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
--2 is a kind of talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise; burn, combust; talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise; burn, combust
Sample sentences:
Sam and Sue sing
scorch, sear, singe
Something ----s
sing
Sam and Sue sing
scorch, sear, singe
Something ----s
- sing - to make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing"
--3 is a kind of utter, emit, let out, let loose; utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sample sentences:
The birds sing in the woods
The woods sing with many kinds of birds
sing
The birds sing in the woods
The woods sing with many kinds of birds
- whistle, sing - make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear"
--4 is a kind of sound, go; sound, go
Sample sentences:
Sam and Sue sing
whistle, sing
Sam and Sue sing
- 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"
--5 is a kind of disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out; disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
2 senses of singe
spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out
Somebody ----s
2 senses of singe
|