sing

sing [-eth, -ing, -s, sang, sung] v

OE.

1. Of birds, crickets: to produce tuneful, musical sounds.
2. To make known by singing; announce.
3. [Fig.] as an extension of the bird metaphor in the poem: to speak or act; to have general ways.
4. Of people: to utter musical sounds.
5. To compose poetry.
6. Both D. and E. meanings are possible.
7. Of inanimate things: to give out a sound having the quality of a musical note.
8. [Fig.] communicate solemnly through sounds having musical quality.
9. Wish strongly, by singing hymns, to achieve immortality.