About The Word Croon
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Croon
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What's The Definition Of Croon?
[v] sing softly
Synonyms | Synonyms for Croon: Related Terms | Find terms related to Croon: anthem | ballad | carol | chant | chirp | chirrup | choir | chorus | descant | do-re-mi | hum | hymn | intonate | intone | lilt | minstrel | pipe | psalm | quaver | roulade | serenade | shake | sing | sing in chorus | sol-fa | solmizate | tremolo | trill | troll | tweedle | tweedledee | twit | twitter | vocalize | warble | whistle | yodel See Also | sing Croon In Webster's Dictionary \Croon\ (kr??n), v. i. [OE. croinen, cf. D. kreunen to
moan. ?24.]
1. To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in
pain. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
2. To hum or sing in a low tone; to murmur softly.
Here an old grandmother was crooning over a sick
child, and rocking it to and fro. --Dickens.
\Croon\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crooned} (kr??nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crooning}.] 1. To sing in a low tone, as if to one's self; to hum. Hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise. --C. Bront?. 2. To soothe by singing softly. The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung and crooned himself asleep. --Dickens. \Croon\, n. 1. A low, continued moan; a murmur. 2. A low singing; a plain, artless melody. |
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