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sing (SING) (verb)
1. To make musical tones by using the voice: "She was determined to learn to sing so she enrolled in a vocal music program."
"Since he has retired, he will only sing opera for his family and friends, but not for others."
2. Informal, to give information, often in a clandestine or secret manner: "He agreed to sing on his criminal comrades in exchange for his freedom."singe (SINJ) (verb)
To burn in a superficial or slight manner: "Be careful when you lean across the table, you might singe your hair in the candles."
It was an amusing incident that could have turned tragic. Just as the soprano was getting ready to sing her famous aria, she leaned too close to the candles and her wig started to singe; so, she grabbed the wig off and threw it on the floor.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group S; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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(Latin: burere, "to burn up"; from urere, with an inserted or faulty separation of b in amburere, "to burn around"; which stands for amb-urere, "to burn around", but it was misdivided into am-burere and because of this misdivision, the new verb burere was formed with the past participle bustum; so, it really came from urere, "to burn, to singe")