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SANG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng
Synonyms:
American ginseng; Panax quinquefolius; sang
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sang" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Meronyms (parts of "sang"):
ginseng (aromatic root of ginseng plants)
Holonyms ("sang" is a member of...):
genus Panax; Panax (perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple of the verb sing
Context examples:
The rosy light was all about them, flooding over them, as she sang, "Good-by, Sweet Day."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I had a note from my brother this morning in which he sang your praises very loudly.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But I had no time to think of the danger, for another stone sang past me as I hung by my hands from the edge of the ledge.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As Buck sprang to punish him, the lash of François’s whip sang through the air, reaching the culprit first; and nothing remained to Buck but to recover the bone.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Elementary school students sang, Elder Nelson White provided a prayer, and the buffalo were released from a livestock trailer into a into a 48-acre space set aside for them in Kinnear.
(Northern Arapaho Tribe welcomes buffalo herd in Wyoming, United States, Wikinews)
They sang together once more; and Emma would then resign her place to Miss Fairfax, whose performance, both vocal and instrumental, she never could attempt to conceal from herself, was infinitely superior to her own.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Mrs. Hurst sang with her sister, and while they were thus employed, Elizabeth could not help observing, as she turned over some music-books that lay on the instrument, how frequently Mr. Darcy's eyes were fixed on her.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
It was my turn to be cheerful, and I played the part to the best of my ability, and with such success that I brought the laughter back into her dear eyes and song on her lips; for she sang to me before she went to an early bed.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I sing a song, and thanks to the magazine editors I transmute my song into a waft of the west wind sighing through our redwoods, into a murmur of waters over mossy stones that sings back to me another song than the one I sang and yet the same song wonderfully—er—transmuted.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
