cantabile, singing
(adjective) smooth and flowing
singing, vocalizing
(noun) the act of singing vocal music
tattle, singing, telling
(noun) disclosing information or giving evidence about another
singe, swinge
(verb) burn superficially or lightly; “I singed my eyebrows”
scorch, sear, singe
(verb) become superficially burned; “my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
singing (usually uncountable, plural singings)
The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.
(informal) Disclosing information, or giving evidence about another.
(US) A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs.
singing (comparative more singing, superlative most singing)
(music) Smooth and flowing.
(of a kettle etc.) Producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam.
singing
present participle of sing
• ginsing, signing
Source: Wiktionary
Sing"ing, a. & n.
Definition: from Sing, v. Singing bird. (Zoöl.) (a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird. (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines.
– Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book of tunes.
– Singing falcon or hawk. (Zoöl.) See Chanting falcon, under Chanting.
– Singing fish (Zoöl.), a California toadfish (Porichthys porosissimus).
– Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called also chemical harmonicon.
– Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music.
– Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in singing.
Sing, v. i. [imp. Sung or Sang (; p. p. Sung; p. pr. & vb. n. Singing.] Etym: [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. 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. The noise of them that sing do I hear. Ex. xxxii. 18.
2. To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do. On every bough the briddes heard I sing. Chaucer. Singing birds, in silver cages hung. Dryden.
3. To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice. O'er his head the flying spear Sang innocent, and spent its force in air. Pope.
4. To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry. Milton. Bid her . . . sing Of human hope by cross event destroyed. Prior.
5. Ti cry out; to complain. [Obs.] They should sing if thet they were bent. Chaucer.
Sing, v. t.
1. To utter with musical infections or modulations of voice. And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb. Rev. xv. 3. And in the darkness sing your carol of high praise. Keble.
2. To celebrate is song; to give praises to in verse; to relate or rehearse in numbers, verse, or poetry. Milton. Arms and the man I sing. Dryden. The last, the happiest British king, Whom thou shalt paint or I shall sing. Addison.
3. To influence by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a child to sleep.
4. To accompany, or attend on, with singing. I heard them singing home the bride. Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 April 2025
(noun) a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
