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Adjective singing has 1 sense
  1. cantabile, singing - smooth and flowing
    Antonyms: unmelodious, unmelodic, unmusical (indirect, via melodious)
,Noun singing has 2 senses
  1. singing, vocalizing - the act of singing vocal music
    --1 is a kind of vocal music; musical performance
    --1 has particulars:
     a cappella singing, a capella singing; bel canto; coloratura; caroling; crooning; crooning; scat, scat singing; harmonization, harmonisation; humming; intonation, chanting; intonation; karaoke; part-singing; psalmody, hymnody; singalong, singsong; solfege, solfeggio; solmization, solfege, solfeggio; yodeling
    Derived forms: verb sing1, verb sing2
  2. tattle, singing, telling - disclosing information or giving evidence about another
    --2 is a kind of disclosure, revelation, revealing
    Derived form: verb sing5
,Verb singe has 5 senses
  1. singe, swinge - burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows"
    --1 is a kind of sing; interpret, render; char, blacken, scorch; sing; interpret, render; char, blacken, scorch
    Derived forms: noun song1, noun song3, noun singer1, noun singing1, noun singe1, noun song1, noun song3, noun singer1, noun singing1, noun singe1
    Sample sentences:
    They will sing the duet
    singe, swinge
    Somebody ----s something
    sing
    They will sing the duet
    singe, swinge
    Somebody ----s something
  2. scorch, sear, singe - become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
    --2 is a kind of talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise; burn, combust; talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise; burn, combust
    Derived forms: noun song1, noun song3, noun singer1, noun singing1, noun song1, noun song3, noun singer1, noun singing1
    Sample sentences:
    Sam and Sue sing
    scorch, sear, singe
    Something ----s
    sing
    Sam and Sue sing
    scorch, sear, singe
    Something ----s
  3. sing - to make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing"
    --3 is a kind of utter, emit, let out, let loose; utter, emit, let out, let loose
    Derived forms: noun song4, noun singer1, noun song4, noun singer1
    Sample sentences:
    The birds sing in the woods
    The woods sing with many kinds of birds
    sing
    The birds sing in the woods
    The woods sing with many kinds of birds
  4. whistle, sing - make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear"
    --4 is a kind of sound, go; sound, go
    Derived forms: noun song2, noun song2
    Sample sentences:
    Sam and Sue sing
    whistle, sing
    Sam and Sue sing
  5. spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out - divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"
    --5 is a kind of disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out; disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
    Derived forms: noun singing2, noun singing2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    2 senses of singe
    spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out
    Somebody ----s
    2 senses of singe
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