Definition of song

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Song (n.) That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc..

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Undersong :: Undersong (n.) The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.
Lay :: Lay (a.) A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.
Apopemptic :: Apopemptic (a.) Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns..
Feminine :: Feminine (n.) Any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the terminations usually found in such words; as, actress, songstress, abbess, executrix..
Monody :: Monody (n.) A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice..
Encore :: Encore (v. t.) To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a song or a singer..
Cant :: Cant (n.) An affected, singsong mode of speaking..
Blackcap :: Blackcap (n.) A small European song bird (Sylvia atricapilla), with a black crown; the mock nightingale..
Amoret :: Amoret (n.) A love knot, love token, or love song. (pl.) Love glances or love tricks..
Chanter :: Chanter (n.) One who chants; a singer or songster.
Melisma :: Melisma (n.) A piece of melody; a song or tune, -- as opposed to recitative or musical declamation..
Antistrophe :: Antistrophe (n.) In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song..
Bluebird :: Bluebird (n.) A small song bird (Sialia sialis), very common in the United States, and, in the north, one of the earliest to arrive in spring. The male is blue, with the breast reddish. It is related to the European robin..
Bergeret :: Bergeret (n.) A pastoral song.
Fancy :: Fancy (n.) A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.
Benedictus :: Benedictus (a.) The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist (Luke i. 68); -- so named from the first word of the Latin version.
Hymn :: Hymn (n.) An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thankgiving intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns; Watts' hymns..
Stercobilin :: -ster () A suffix denoting the agent (originally a woman), especially a person who does something with skill or as an occupation; as in spinster (originally, a woman who spins), songster, baxter (= bakester), youngster..
Bacchanal :: Bacchanal (n.) A song or dance in honor of Bacchus.
Terpsichore :: Terpsichore (n.) The Muse who presided over the choral song and the dance, especially the latter..
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