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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the act of singing vocal music;
[syn: singing, vocalizing]

2. disclosing information or giving evidence about another;
[syn: tattle, singing, telling]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. smooth and flowing;
[syn: cantabile, singing]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sing \Sing\ (s[i^]ng), v. i. [imp. Sungor Sang; p. p. Sung; p. pr. & vb. n. Singing.] [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. ??? voice. Cf. 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. [1913 Webster] The noise of them that sing do I hear. --Ex. xxxii. 18. [1913 Webster] 2. To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do. [1913 Webster] On every bough the briddes heard I sing. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Singing birds, in silver cages hung. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice. [1913 Webster] O'er his head the flying spear Sang innocent, and spent its force in air. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 4. To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Bid her . . . sing Of human hope by cross event destroyed. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 5. To cry out; to complain. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] They should sing if thet they were bent. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Singing \Sing"ing\, a. & n. from Sing, v. [1913 Webster] Singing bird. (Zool.) (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 Singing hawk. (Zool.) See Chanting falcon, under Chanting. Singing fish (Zool.), a California toadfish (Porichthys porosissimus), called also midshipman; -- so called because it produces a buzzing sound with its air bladder. 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

singing adj 1: smooth and flowing [syn: cantabile, singing] n 1: the act of singing vocal music [syn: singing, vocalizing] 2: disclosing information or giving evidence about another [syn: tattle, singing, telling]