Sing vs Oversing - What's the difference?
sing | oversing |
To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
* {{quote-book, 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, chapter=The Tutor's Daughter, Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page=266
, passage=In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.}}
To soothe with singing.
(slang) To confess under interrogation.
To make a small, shrill sound.
* Alexander Pope
To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.
* Prior
A gathering for the purpose of singing songs.
* 2002 , Martha Mizell Puckett, ?Hoyle B. Puckett, Memories of a Georgia Teacher: Fifty Years in the Classroom (page 198)
To sing with too much effort or embellishment.
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 8, author=Jon Caramanica, title=Voices Newly Amplified by Grammy Nominations, work=New York Times
, passage=Though his songs are hugely ambitious — the majestic bombast of “Llueve Por Dentro,” or the blithe, sinuous dance-pop of “La Mentira” — Mr. Fonsi never oversings them, an impressive demonstration of restraint. }}
As verbs the difference between sing and oversing
is that sing is to produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice while oversing is to sing with too much effort or embellishment.As a noun sing
is a gathering for the purpose of singing songs.sing
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- "I really want to sing in the school choir." said Vera .
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- to sing somebody to sleep
- The air sings in passing through a crevice.
- O'er his head the flying spear / Sang innocent, and spent its force in air.
- Bid her sing / Of human hope by cross event destroyed.
- (Milton)
Derived terms
* besing * sing along / sing-along * singer * sing from the same hymnbook * singing cowboy * sing out * singsong * sing soprano * sing the praisesSee also
* singeNoun
(en noun)- Some of the young folks asked Mrs. Long could they have a sing at her home that Sunday afternoon; she readily agreed, telling them to come early, bring their songbooks, and have a good sing.
oversing
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