Sing

v. i. [imp. SUNG, or SANG (obsolescent); p. p. SUNG; p. pr. & vb. n. SINGING.] [A-S., O. Sax., & O. H. Ger. singan, N. H. Ger. singen, D. zingen, O. Fries. singa, Goth. siggvan, Icel. syngia, Sw. sjunga, Dan. synge.] 1. To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune. The noise of them that sing do I hear. Ez. xxix. 18. 2. To utter sweet or melodious sounds, as birds. Singing birds in silver cages hung. Dryden. 3. To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice. O'er his head the flying spear Sang innocent, and spent its force in air. Pope. 4. To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry. Bid her . . . sing Of human hope by cross events destroyed. Prior.