songs
plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words
An inflected form of song · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,988 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,472 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a short musical composition with words also: vocal a successful musical must have at least three good songs
- a distinctive or characteristic sound the song of bullets was in the airthe song of the wind
- the act of singing also: strain with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates
- the characteristic sound produced by a bird also: birdcall, call, birdsong a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age
- a very small sum he bought it for a song
- the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy also: Sung, Sung dynasty, Song dynasty
songs in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He himself once remarked that he liked "little sad songs."
Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters · Abraham Lincoln · Chapter 1
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Music is provided for a few of the songs in this book.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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They sing the college songs which their fathers sang, which their sons and great-grandsons will sing.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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He even snored a little bit, I believe, or else it was Bully Frog croaking one of his songs.
Uncle Wiggily's Travels · Howard Roger Garis · Chapter 1
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I heard a poet answer Aloud and cheerfully, 'Say on, sweet Sphinx! thy dirges Are pleasant songs to me.
Poems Household Edition · Ralph Waldo Emerson · Chapter 1