"sing soprano" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-sing soprano.ogg [Australia] Forms: sings soprano [present, singular, third-person], singing soprano [participle, present], sang soprano [past], sung soprano [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|sing<,,sang,sung> soprano}} sing soprano (third-person singular simple present sings soprano, present participle singing soprano, simple past sang soprano, past participle sung soprano)
  1. (intransitive, literally) To perform vocal music in a higher pitch than alto. Tags: intransitive, literally
    Sense id: en-sing_soprano-en-verb-g9ft~SQd
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic, euphemistic, of a man) To suffer castration or an injury to the testicles. Tags: euphemistic, idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-sing_soprano-en-verb-HVshnl05 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72

Inflected forms

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