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| English Dictionary: song |
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DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for song |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- song
- n
- a short musical composition with words; "a successful
musical must have at least three good songs"
Synonym(s): song, vocal
- a distinctive or characteristic sound; "the song of bullets was in the air"; "the song of the wind"; "the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead"
- the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"
Synonym(s): song, strain
- the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"
Synonym(s): birdcall, call, birdsong, song
- a very small sum; "he bought it for a song"
- the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy
Synonym(s): Sung, Sung dynasty, Song, Song dynasty
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Song \Song\ (?; 115), n. [AS. song, sang, fr. singan to sing;
akin to D. zang, G. sang, Icel. s[94]ngr, Goeth. sagws. See
{Sing}.]
1. That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of
the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect,
etc. [bd]That most ethereal of all sounds, the song of
crickets.[b8] --Hawthorne.
2. A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music; a ballad.
3. More generally, any poetical strain; a poem.
The bard that first adorned our native tongue Tuned
to his British lyre this ancient song. --Dryden.
4. Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
This subject for heroic song. --Milton.
5. An object of derision; a laughingstock.
And now am I their song. yea, I am their byword.
--Job xxx. 9.
6. A trifle. [bd]The soldier's pay is a song.[b8] --Silliman.
{Old song}, a trifle; nothing of value. [bd]I do not intend
to be thus put off with an old song.[b8] --Dr. H. More.
{Song bird} (Zo[94]l.), any singing bird; one of the Oscines.
{Song sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a very common North American
sparrow ({Melospiza fasciata}, or {M. melodia}) noted for
the sweetness of its song in early spring. Its breast is
covered with dusky brown streaks which form a blotch in
the center.
{Song thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a common European thrush ({Turdus
musicus}), noted for its melodius song; -- called also
{mavis}, {throsite}, and {thrasher}.
Syn: Sonnet; ballad; canticle; carol; canzonet; ditty; hymn;
descant; lay; strain; poesy; verse.
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