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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sing |
| Synonyms: | carol, chant, chirp, melody, quaver, trill, yodel |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | normal sound of animal |
| Synonyms: | cheep, chirp, cry, note, peep, roar, shriek, song, tweet, twitter, warble |
| Main Entry: | chant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chorus of song |
| Synonyms: | carol, croon, hymn, incantation, intonation, lilt, mantra, melody, psalm, shout, singing, song, trill, tune, warble |
| Main Entry: | chant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sing simple song or song part |
| Synonyms: | cantillate, carol, chorus, croon, descant, doxologize, drone, intone, recite, shout, tune, vocalize, warble |
| Main Entry: | chirp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | peep, cheep |
| Synonyms: | call, chip, chipper, chirrup, lilt, pipe, purl, quaver, roll, sing, sound, trill, tweedle, tweet, twitter, warble |
| Main Entry: | hum |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | buzz, vibrate |
| Synonyms: | bombilate, bombinate, bum, bumble, croon, drone, moan, mumble, murmur, purr, rustle, sing, sing low, sound, strum, throb, thrum, trill, warble, whir, whisper, zoom |
| Main Entry: | pipe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a sound; peep |
| Synonyms: | blubber, boohoo, cheep, cry, play, say, shout, sing, sob, sound, speak, talk, toot, trill, tweet, twitter, wail, warble, weep, whistle |
| Main Entry: | sing |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry a tune with one's voice |
| Synonyms: | belt out, burst into song, buzz*, canary, cantillate, carol, chant, chirp, choir, croon, descant, duet, groan*, harmonize, hum, hymn, intone, lift up a voice, line out, lullaby, make melody, mouth, pipe, purr, resound, roar, serenade, shout, singsong, solo, trill, troll, tune, vocalize, wait, warble, whine, whistle, yodel |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | melody |
| Synonyms: | air, descant, diapason, lay, measure, song, tune, warble |
| Notes: | a sprain involves one or more ligaments; a strain involves a tendon or muscle |
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