chant
a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
• Hypernyms:
religious song
• Hyponyms:
plainsong, plainchant, Gregorian chant
• Instance Hyponyms:
Hallel, Hare Krishna
1. recite with musical intonation;
recite as a chant or a psalm (Freq. 6)
- The rabbi chanted a prayer
• Syn:
intone, intonate, cantillate
• Derivationally related forms:
cantillation (for: cantillate), intonation (for: intonate), intonation (for: intone), chanter, chanting
• Hypernyms:
sing
• Hyponyms:
singsong
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- They will chant the duet
2. utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically (Freq. 2)
- The students chanted the same slogan over and over again
• Syn:
tone, intone
• Derivationally related forms:
intonation (for: intone)
• Hypernyms:
talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Sam and Sue chant
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