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DEFINITIONS OF: song

n a short musical composition with words

“a successful musical must have at least three good songs”

Synonyms:: vocal

Examples:: show 8 examples...; hide 8 examples...; Hallel
(Judaism) a chant of praise (Psalms 113 through 118) used at Passover and Shabuoth and Sukkoth and Hanukkah and Rosh Hodesh; Hare Krishna
a chant to the Hindu god Krishna; Dies Irae
the first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally `day of wrath'); Internationale
a revolutionary socialist anthem; Magnificat
(Luke) the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning `Magnificat anima mea Dominum'); Te Deum
an ancient liturgical hymn; Marseillaise
the French national anthem; The Star-Spangled Banner
a poem written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 was set to music and adopted by Congress in 1931 as the national anthem of the United States

Types:: show 34 types...; hide 34 types...; religious song
religious music for singing; anthem
a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school); aria
an elaborate song for solo voice; ballad, lay
a narrative song with a recurrent refrain; barcarole, barcarolle
a boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers; ditty
a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung); coronach, dirge, lament, requiem, threnody
a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person; drinking song
a song celebrating the joys of drinking; sung at drinking parties; folk ballad, folk song, folksong
a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture; lied
a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano; love song, love-song
a song about love or expressing love for another person; berceuse, cradlesong, lullaby
a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep; golden oldie, oldie
a song that was formerly popular; partsong
a song with two or more voice parts; prothalamion, prothalamium
a song in celebration of a marriage; roundelay
a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain; banquet song, scolion
a song (sometimes improvised) sung by guests at a banquet; serenade
a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman; torch song
a popular song concerned with disappointment in love; work song
a usually rhythmical song to accompany repetitious work; chant
a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone; Negro spiritual, spiritual
a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States; Christmas carol, carol
joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ; anthem, hymn
a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation); keen
a funeral lament sung with loud wailing; national anthem
a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation; arietta, short aria
a short aria; minstrelsy
ballads sung by minstrels; chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty
a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors; blues
a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes; fado
a sad Portuguese folksong; madrigal
an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form; round, troll
a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time; belling, callathump, callithump, charivari, chivaree, shivaree
a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple

Type of:: composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music
a musical work that has been created

n the act of singing

“with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates”

Synonyms:: strain

Types:: carol
a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ); cradlesong, lullaby
the act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep

Type of:: vocal music
music that is vocalized (as contrasted with instrumental music)

n a distinctive or characteristic sound

“the song of bullets was in the air”

“the song of the wind”

“the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead”

Type of:: sound
the sudden occurrence of an audible event

n the characteristic sound produced by a bird

“a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age”

Synonyms:: birdcall, birdsong, call

Types:: bell-like call
a birdcall that resembles the tone of a bell; two-note call
a birdcall having two notes

Type of:: animal communication
communication between animals (of the same species)

n a very small sum

“he bought it for a song”

Type of:: bargain, buy, steal
an advantageous purchase

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