sang
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginsengSynonyms: American ginsengPanax quinquefolius
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]