Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
sing softly;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Croon \Croon\ (kr[=oo]n), v. i. [OE. croinen, cf. D. kreunen to
moan. [root]24.]
1. To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in
pain. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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2. To hum or sing in a low tone; to murmur softly.
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Here an old grandmother was crooning over a sick
child, and rocking it to and fro. --Dickens.
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3. To sing in a soft, evenly modulated manner adapted to
amplifying systems, especially to sing in such a way with
exaggerated sentimentality. --MW10 --RHUD
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Croon \Croon\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crooned (kr[=oo]nd); p. pr.
& vb. n. Crooning.]
1. To sing in a low tone, as if to one's self; to hum.
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Hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise. --C.
Bront['e].
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2. To soothe by singing softly.
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The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung
and crooned himself asleep. --Dickens.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Croon \Croon\, n.
1. A low, continued moan; a murmur.
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2. A low singing; a plain, artless melody.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
croon
v 1: sing softly
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "croon":
anthem, ballad, carol, chant, chirp, chirrup, choir, chorus,
descant, do-re-mi, hum, hymn, intonate, intone, lilt, minstrel,
pipe, psalm, quaver, roulade, serenade, shake, sing,
sing in chorus, sol-fa, solmizate, tremolo, trill, troll, tweedle,
tweedledee, twit, twitter, vocalize, warble, whistle, yodel