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Lullaby

A lullaby (), or cradle song, is a soothing song or piece of music that is usually played for (or sung to) children (for adults see music and sleep). The purposes of lullabies vary.
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Chant

A chant (from French chanter, from Latin cantare, "to sing") is the iterative speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two main pitches called reciting tones. Chants may range from a simple melody involving a limited set of notes to highly complex musical structures, often including a great deal of repetition of musical subphrases, such as Great Responsories and Offertories of Gregorian chant.
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Lullaby

A soothing song with which to lull a child to sleep.
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Chant

A series of syllables or words that are sung on or intoned to the same note or a limited range of notes.
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Lullaby

To quiet with or as if with a lullaby.
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Chant

A canticle or prayer sung or intoned in this manner.
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Lullaby

A cradlesong, a soothing song to calm children or lull them to sleep.
Sing a lullaby
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Chant

A monotonous rhythmic call or shout, as of a slogan
The chant of the crowd at the rally.
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Lullaby

(transitive) To sing a lullaby to.
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Chant

To sing or intone to a chant
Chant a prayer.
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Lullaby

A song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep; that which quiets.
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Chant

To celebrate in song
Chanting a hero's deeds.
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Lullaby

Hence: Good night; good-by.
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Chant

To say in the manner of a chant
Chanted defiant slogans.
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Lullaby

A quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
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Chant

To sing, especially in the manner of a chant
Chanted while a friend jumped rope.
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Lullaby

A quiet song that lulls a child to sleep
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Chant

To speak monotonously.
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Chant

To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
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Chant

To sing or intone sacred text.
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Chant

To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.
The football fans chanted insults at the referee.
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Chant

To sell horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.
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Chant

Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
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Chant

(music) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.
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Chant

Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
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Chant

A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.
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Chant

To utter with a melodious voice; to sing.
The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music.
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Chant

To celebrate in song.
The poets chant in the theaters.
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Chant

To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant.
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Chant

To make melody with the voice; to sing.
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Chant

To sing, as in reciting a chant.
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Chant

Song; melody.
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Chant

A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.
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Chant

A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting.
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Chant

Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
His strange face, his strange chant.
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Chant

A repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
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Chant

Recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm;
The rabbi chanted a prayer
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Chant

Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically;
The students chanted the same slogan over and over again
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