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sing | yed |

As verbs the difference between sing and yed

is that sing is to produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice while yed is (archaic) to speak; sing or yed can be to burrow underground, as a rabbit or mole; also said of miners.

As nouns the difference between sing and yed

is that sing is a gathering for the purpose of singing songs while yed is (archaic) a saying or yed can be a burrow; a hole made by an animal in the ground or yed can be .

sing

English

Verb

  • To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
  • "I really want to sing in the school choir." said Vera .
  • 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 citation
  • , 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.
  • to sing somebody to sleep
  • (slang) To confess under interrogation.
  • To make a small, shrill sound.
  • The air sings in passing through a crevice.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • O'er his head the flying spear / Sang innocent, and spent its force in air.
  • To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.
  • * Prior
  • 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 praises

    See also

    * singe

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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)
  • 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.

    yed

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (yedd)
  • (archaic) To speak; sing.
  • To magnify greatly in narration; exaggerate a tale; fib.
  • To contend; wrangle.
  • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A saying.
  • A falsehood; leasing.
  • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) . More at (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l)

    Verb

    (yedd)
  • To burrow underground, as a rabbit or mole; also said of miners.
  • To be associated with a place or locality. (rfex)
  • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A burrow; a hole made by an animal in the ground.
  • Etymology 4

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , year = 1950 , date = December , first = Lee , last = Hoffman , authorlink = , title = Chaos , magazine = Quandry , url = http://fanac.org/fanzines/Quandry/Quandry5-02.html , volume = , issue = 5 , page = 3 , passage = Fandom is a wonderful thing. We used to live in Florida ten years ago. Across the street lived a lad two years older than yed' who had the most wonderful collection of comic books...all of a stf nature. At the ripe old age of eight ' yed was swept to Georgia and the lad with the comics was never heard from. Since entering fandom we thought much of him and wondered if he were not a slan. This morning we learned that he is a member of NFFF and TFSC. Naturally we got a letter off to him. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , year = 1952 , date = February , first = Fred J. , last = Robinson , authorlink = , title = Arose By Any Other Name , magazine = Straight Up , url = http://www.gostak.co.uk/FR/SU1.htm , volume = 1 , issue = 1 , page = 1 , passage = All of which sprang (crawled?) from the fertile skull of yed , no doubt it is something in my Radius. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , year = 1976 , date = November , first = Lee , last = Hoffman , authorlink = , title = Editorial , magazine = Science-Fiction Five-Yearly , url = http://fanac.org/fanzines/SF_Five_Yearly/sffy6-04.html , volume = , issue = 6 , page = 4 , passage = In preparation for this momentous occasion yed has been browsing past issues of this sterling journal, and it has come to our attention that previous articles by yhos have been devoted largely to bemoaning the multitude of technical problems encountered in production -- the difficulties of duplication, the miseries of mimeography. }}

    Anagrams

    * dye, dey