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How to pronounce sing in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms whistle
Type of sound, go
Derivation song


the kettle was singing.
Type Words
Synonyms babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, spill the beans, talk, tattle
Type of disclose, discover, reveal, let on, give away, bring out, break, let out, uncover, unwrap, divulge, expose
Verb group talk, spill
Derivation singing
Type Words
Type of interpret, render
Has types hymn, madrigal, solmizate, carol, troll
Derivation song, singer, singing
Type Words
Type of talk, speak, utter, verbalize, mouth, verbalise
Has types yodel, belt, belt out, cantillate, chant, chirp, choir, chorus, croon, descant, descant on, harmonise, harmonize, hum, intonate, intone, minstrel, place, psalm, quaver, sing along, solmizate, treble, trill, troll, tweedle, vocalise, vocalize, warble
Derivation song, singer, singing


She was singing while she was cooking.
My brother sings very well.
Type Words
Type of emit, utter, let out, let loose
Derivation song, singer


The nightingale was singing.

Examples of sing

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Students sing, dance and act in the stage version of Dr. Seuss'children's books.
From the post-gazette.com
Occasionally, the fast-paced music will stop, and one person will sing a lament.
From the kansas.com
He also keeps an acoustic guitar nearby to strum and sing improvised folk songs.
From the desmoinesregister.com
More people go on stage and sing, but we will most likely never get to see that.
From the hecklerspray.com
Sing In My Meadow is unsettling, interesting and, when it works, very affecting.
From the telegraph.co.uk
I can now sing higher and with more control than I could four or five years ago.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Ginger and Jean began singing at 5 and learned to sing harmony at 6, Wygal said.
From the ocregister.com
After being told not to, he tries to sing Usher to Usher at their first meeting.
From the time.com
Not that I really wanted to sing, but I wanted at least to have the time to try.
From the independent.co.uk
More examples
  • Deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols"
  • Produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"
  • To make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing"
  • Whistle: make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear"
  • Spill the beans: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"
  • (singer) a person who sings
  • SING! is an annual student-run musical production put on by some high schools in the Greater New York City area. It is a theater competition between the various grades, with the setup between grades differing from school to school (such as sophomore-freshman vs. seniors vs. ...
  • Sing! is a 2001 short documentary film directed by Freida Lee Mock. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
  • Sing is a 1989 film, starring Lorraine Bracco, Peter Dobson and Jessica Steen. The movie is about a fictional New York City SING! production. Supporting cast includes Louise Lasser, George DiCenzo, Patti Labelle, Yank Azman and Cuba Gooding, Jr.