sing
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
deliver by singing
Sing Christmas carols
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
produce tones with the voice
She was singing while she was cooking
Types & categories
- mouth hypernym
- place hyponym
- troll hyponym
- croon hyponym
- chant hyponym
- yodel hyponym
- warble hyponym
- treble hyponym
- hum hyponym
- belt hyponym
- descant on hyponym
- vocalise hyponym
- harmonize hyponym
- descant hyponym
- sing along hyponym
- psalm hyponym
- minstrel hyponym
- solmizate hyponym
- tweedle hyponym
- choir hyponym
- sing hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
to make melodious sounds
The nightingale was singing
Types & categories
- let out hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound
the kettle was singing
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
divulge confidential information or secrets
Be careful--his secretary talks
Types & categories
- disclose hypernym
Related & opposite
- keep quiet antonym
- tattle derivation
- talk of the town derivation
- squealer derivation
- tattler derivation
- blabbermouthed derivation
- talk verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | singing |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | song |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | song |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | singer |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | sing |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sing |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | render |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | solmizate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | troll |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hymn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | carol |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | madrigal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | singing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | song |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | song |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | singer |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | mouth |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | place |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | troll |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | croon |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chant |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | yodel |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | warble |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | treble |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hum |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | belt |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | descant on |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | vocalise |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | harmonize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | descant |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sing along |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | psalm |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | minstrel |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | solmizate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tweedle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | choir |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sing |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | birdcall |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | singer |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | sing |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | let out |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | song |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | whistling |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | keep quiet |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | tattle |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | talk of the town |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | squealer |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | tattler |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | blabbermouthed |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | talk |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | disclose |