SINGE (singing)

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Irregular inflected form: singing   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does singe mean? 

• SINGE (noun)
  The noun SINGE has 1 sense:

1. a surface burn

  Familiarity information: SINGE used as a noun is very rare.

• SINGE (verb)
  The verb SINGE has 2 senses:

1. burn superficially or lightly

2. become superficially burned

  Familiarity information: SINGE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SINGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A surface burn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

scorch; singe

Hypernyms ("singe" is a kind of...):

burn (an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation)

Derivation:

singe (burn superficially or lightly)

• SINGE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they singe    ... he / she / it singes   
Past simple: singed   
Past participle: singed   
-ing form: singeing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Burn superficially or lightly

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

singe; swinge

Context example:

I singed my eyebrows

Hypernyms (to "singe" is one way to...):

blacken; char; scorch; sear (burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

singe (a surface burn)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become superficially burned

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

scorch; sear; singe

Context example:

my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames

Hypernyms (to "singe" is one way to...):

burn; combust (undergo combustion)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

 Context examples 

The birds were singing their last strains—While I looked, I thought myself happy, and was surprised to find myself ere long weeping—and why?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Thanks to our sun's rumblings, Voyager has the opportunity to listen to the singing of interstellar space — an otherwise silent place.

(Sun sends more 'tsunami waves' to Voyager 1, NASA)

She enjoyed singing and playing to him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

They was married, and they live fower hundred mile away from any voices but their own and the singing birds.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

All began bravely, but broke down one by one till Beth was left alone, singing with all her heart, for to her music was always a sweet consoler.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Behind him would be Mit-sah, the great whip singing in his hand.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Jorinda was just singing, when her song stopped suddenly.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

“My ears is singing. Lay me back.”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

She was very fond of singing.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

She looked at her father to entreat his interference, lest Mary should be singing all night.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)