singing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: singing	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for singing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
singing adj smooth and flowing Synonym(s): cantabile, singing n the act of singing vocal music [syn: singing, vocalizing] disclosing information or giving evidence about another Synonym(s): tattle, singing, telling
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sing \Sing\, v. i. [imp. {Sung}or {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. The noise of them that sing do I hear. --Ex. xxxii. 18. 2. To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do. On every bough the briddes heard I sing. --Chaucer. Singing birds, in silver cages hung. --Dryden. 3. To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice. O'er his head the flying spear Sang innocent, and spent its force in air. --Pope. 4. To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry. --Milton. Bid her . . . sing Of human hope by cross event destroyed. --Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Singing \Sing"ing\, a. & n. from {Sing}, v. {Singing bird}. (Zo[94]l.) (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] {hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Chanting falcon}, under {Chanting}. {Singing fish} (Zo[94]l.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys porosissimus}). {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.