CAROL

carol

(noun) a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ)

carol, Christmas carol

(noun) joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ

carol

(verb) sing carols; “They went caroling on Christmas Day”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Proper noun

Carol

A female given name from Germanic languages, popular in the middle of the 20th century.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Carol

A male given name from Germanic languages.

Anagrams

• Carlo, Claro, Clora, Coral, claro, coral

Etymology 1

Noun

carol (plural carols)

(historical) A round dance accompanied by singing.

A ballad or song of joy.

(specifically) A (usually traditional) religious or secular song sung at Christmastime.

Verb

carol (third-person singular simple present carols, present participle (US) caroling or (UK) carolling, simple past and past participle (US) caroled or (UK) carolled)

(intransitive, historical) To participate in a carol (a round dance accompanied by singing).

(intransitive) To sing in a joyful manner.

(intransitive) To sing carols; especially to sing Christmas carols in a group.

(transitive) To praise or celebrate in song.

(transitive) To sing (a song) cheerfully.

Etymology 2

Noun

carol (plural carols)

(architecture) Alternative form of carrel (“small closet or enclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study”).

Anagrams

• Carlo, Claro, Clora, Coral, claro, coral

Source: Wiktionary


Car"ol, n. Etym: [OF. carole a kind of dance wherein many dance together, fr. caroler to dance; perh. from Celtic; cf. Armor. koroll, n., korolla, korolli, v., Ir. car music, turn, circular motion, also L. choraula a flute player, charus a dance, chorus, choir.]

1. A round dance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay. The costly feast, the carol, and the dance. Dryden It was the carol of a bird. Byron.

3. A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter carol. Heard a carol, mournful, holy. Tennyson. In the darkness sing your carol of high praise. Keble.

4. Joyful music, as of a song. I heard the bells on Christmans Day Their old, familiar carol play. Longfellow.

Car"ol, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caroled, or Carolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Caroling, or Carolling.]

1. To praise or celebrate in song. The Shepherds at their festivals Carol her goodness. Milton.

2. To sing, especially with joyful notes. Hovering awans . . . carol sounds harmonious. Prior.

Car"ol, v. i.

Definition: To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble. And carol of love's high praise. Spenser. The gray linnets carol from the hill. Beattie.

Car"ol, Car"rol, n. Etym: [OF. carole a sort of circular space, or carol.] (Arch.)

Definition: A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16th century. A bay window may thus be called a carol. Parker.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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