"sung" meaning in English

See sung in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /sʌŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-sung.wav , en-us-sung.ogg
Rhymes: -ʌŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} sung
  1. past participle of sing Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: sing
    Sense id: en-sung-en-verb-mrBLRXiD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Woiwurrung translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 19 19 34 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 18 35 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Woiwurrung translations: 50 50
  2. (archaic or dialectal) simple past of sing Tags: archaic, dialectal, form-of, past Form of: sing
    Sense id: en-sung-en-verb-e3p2mieQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Woiwurrung translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 19 19 34 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 18 35 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Woiwurrung translations: 50 50

Alternative forms

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