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