Noun descant has 1 sense
  1. descant, discant - a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
    --1 is a kind of accompaniment, musical accompaniment, backup, support
    Derived forms: verb descant2, verb descant1
,Verb descant has 3 senses
  1. descant - sing in descant
    --1 is one way to
    sing
    Derived form: noun descant1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  2. yodel, warble, descant - sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"
    --2 is one way to sing
    Derived form: noun descant1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam and Sue descant
  3. descant - talk at great length about something of one's interest
    --3 is one way to
    discourse, talk about, discuss
    Sample sentence:
    Sam and Sue descant
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