sing

5 definitions • 12 examples

to make musical sounds with the voice, usually a tune with words:

The children sang two songs by Schubert at the school concert.

We were woken early by the sound of the birds singing.

Your grandmother would like you to sing for/to her.

[ + two objects ] Will you sing us a song/sing a song to us?

She sang her baby to sleep every night.

Pavarotti is singing Rodolfo (= singing the part of Rodolfo) in "La Bohème" at La Scala this week.

You need to sing up (= sing louder).

to make or be filled with a (high) ringing sound:

A bullet sang past the top of the soldier's head.

written abbreviation for

to make musical sounds with the voice:

[ T ] She sings really terrible songs in the shower.

[ I ] At dawn, the birds began to sing.

[ I ] We sang along to (= sang with) the radio while driving.

If you sing someone to sleep, you sing until the person goes to sleep:

She sang her baby to sleep.