singe
A burning of the surfaceA burning of the surface; a slight burn.
» He makes his living by singing.
Er verdient seinen Lebensunterhalt mit Singen.
Он зарабатывает на жизнь пением.
Він заробляє на життя співами.
Meaning
1 sensesA burning of the surface; a slight burn.
a surface burn
Examples
1142 sentencesHe makes his living by singing.
Він заробляє на життя співами. — aandrusiak
ruОн зарабатывает на жизнь пением. — marafon
deEr verdient seinen Lebensunterhalt mit Singen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I heard the children singing together.
Я чув, як діти співали разом. — deniko
deIch hörte die Kinder gemeinsam singen. — samueldora
Birds are singing in the trees.
Птахи співають на деревах. — Lumo
ruПтицы поют в деревьях. — sharptoothed
deIn den Bäumen singen die Vögel. — samueldora
Birds were singing in the woods.
Пташки співали в лісі. — deniko
ruПтицы пели в лесах. — marafon
deDie Vögel sangen in den Wäldern. — Wolf
Tom has been singing all day.
Фома співає увесь день. — shanghainese
ruТом весь день поёт. — odexed
Origin
From Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scFrom 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
plural: singesSynonyms
1 synonyms- a surface burn:scorch
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