Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To burn slightly.

    ansengen, versengen

    подпа́ливатьpodpálivatʹ, опаля́тьopaljátʹ, пали́тьpalítʹ

    burn superficially or lightly

  2. (transitive)To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.

  3. (transitive)To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.

    absengen

Examples

1142 sentences
  1. He makes his living by singing.

    Він заробляє на життя співами.

    ruОн зарабатывает на жизнь пением.

    deEr verdient seinen Lebensunterhalt mit Singen.

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  2. I heard the children singing together.

    Я чув, як діти співали разом.

    deIch hörte die Kinder gemeinsam singen.

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  3. Birds are singing in the trees.

    Птахи співають на деревах.

    ruПтицы поют в деревьях.

    deIn den Bäumen singen die Vögel.

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  4. Birds were singing in the woods.

    Пташки співали в лісі.

    ruПтицы пели в лесах.

    deDie Vögel sangen in den Wäldern.

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  5. Tom has been singing all day.

    Фома співає увесь день.

    ruТом весь день поёт.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to burn slightly:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to burn slightly:
to remove the hair from skin by passing over a flame:

Origin

From Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, sc

From Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“to burn, torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”). Cognate with West Frisian singe, sinzje (“to singe”), Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”), Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), German Low German sengen (“to singe”), German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”).

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Forms

singes, singeing, singed, singed
Base formsinge · to singe
3rd person singularsinges
Present participlesingeing
Past simplesinged
Past participlesinged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysinge
he, she, itsinges

Past simpleLesson

all personssinged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave singed
he, she, ithas singed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill singe

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • good at singing
  • singing in the
  • stop singing
  • singing a song
  • enjoyed singing
  • like singing
  • started singing
  • singing that song
  • singing professionally since
  • heard someone singing
  • enjoyed singing with
  • please stop singing

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
singe — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto