[syn: tone, chant, intone]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chant \Chant\, v. i.
1. To make melody with the voice; to sing. "Chant to the
sound of the viol." --Amos vi. 5.
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2. (Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant.
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To chant horses or To chaunt horses, to sing their
praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See
Chaunter. --Thackeray.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chant \Chant\, n. [F. chant, fr. L. cantus singing, song, fr.
canere to sing. See Chant, v. t.]
1. Song; melody.
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2. (Mus.) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts
by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung
or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.
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3. A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting.
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4. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. [R.]
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His strange face, his strange chant. --Macaulay.
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Ambrosian chant, See under Ambrosian.
Chant royal [F.], in old French poetry, a poem containing
five strophes of eleven lines each, and a concluding
stanza. -- each of these six parts ending with a common
refrain.
Gregorian chant. See under Gregorian.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chant \Chant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chanted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Chanting.] [F. chanter, fr. L. cantare, intens. of canere
to sing. Cf. Cant affected speaking, and see Hen.]
1. To utter with a melodious voice; to sing.
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The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music.
--Spenser.
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2. To celebrate in song.
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The poets chant in the theaters. --Bramhall.
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3. (Mus.) To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or
to a tune called a chant.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
chant
n 1: a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary
are assigned to a single tone
v 1: recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a
psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer" [syn: chant,
intone, intonate, cantillate]
2: utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The
students chanted the same slogan over and over again" [syn:
tone, chant, intone]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
181 Moby Thesaurus words for "chant":
Agnus Dei, Benedicite, Brautlied, Christmas carol, Gloria,
Gloria Patri, Gloria in Excelsis, Introit, Kunstlied, Liebeslied,
Magnificat, Miserere, Nunc Dimittis, Te Deum, Trisagion,
Vedic hymn, Volkslied, alba, alleluia, answer, anthem, antiphon,
antiphony, art song, aubade, ballad, ballade, ballata, barcarole,
bark, bawl, bellow, bis, blare, blat, blubber, blues, blues song,
boat song, bob, boom, bray, breathe, bridal hymn, brindisi, burden,
buzz, cackle, calypso, canso, canticle, canzone, canzonet,
canzonetta, carol, cavatina, chanson, chantey, chirp, chirrup,
choir, chorale, chorus, coo, croon, croon song, crow, descant,
dirge, ditto, ditty, do-re-mi, doxology, drawl, drinking song,
epithalamium, exclaim, flute, folk song, gasp, growl, grunt,
hallelujah, hiss, hosanna, hum, hymeneal, hymn, hymn of praise,
hymnody, hymnography, hymnology, intonate, intone, keen, laud, lay,
lied, lilt, love song, love-lilt, mantra, matin, minstrel,
minstrel song, minstrelsy, monody, motet, mumble, murmur, mutter,
national anthem, offertory, offertory sentence, paean, pant, pipe,
prothalamium, psalm, psalmody, quaver, refrain, repeat, repetend,
report, response, responsory, ritornello, roar, roulade, rumble,
scream, screech, serena, serenade, serenata, shake, shriek,
sibilate, sigh, sing, sing in chorus, singsong, snap, snarl, snort,
sob, sol-fa, solmizate, song, squall, squawk, squeal, theme song,
thunder, torch song, tremolo, trill, troll, trumpet, tune, twang,
tweedle, tweedledee, twit, twitter, undersong, versicle, vocalize,
wail, war song, warble, wedding song, whine, whisper, whistle, yap,
yawp, yell, yelp, yodel