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Song| Noun | 1. | song - a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs"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 refrain, chorus - the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers ditty - a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung) drinking song - a song celebrating the joys of drinking; sung at drinking parties lied - a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano lyric, words, language - the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language" partsong - a song with two or more voice parts roundelay - a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain 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 song to accompany repetitious work | | | 2. | song - 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"sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them" | | | 3. | song - the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"vocal music - music that is vocalized (as contrasted with instrumental music) carol - a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ) aria - an elaborate song for solo voice | | | 4. | song - the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age" | | | 5. | song - a very small sum; "he bought it for a song"buy, steal, bargain - an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" | | | 6. | Song - the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophydynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family | |
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