swan song
last hurrah | a final performance or effort (especially before retirement) |
song
strain | the act of singing, with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates |
writing authorship
composition penning | the act of creating written works, writing was a form of therapy for him, it was a matter of disputed authorship |
composing
composition | musical creation |
song sparrow
Melospiza melodia | small songbird common in North America |
song thrush
mavis
throstle
Turdus philomelos | common Old World thrush noted for its song |
| composition | something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole, he envied the composition of their faculty |
cover
cover version
cover song | a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else, they made a cover of a Beatles' song |
siren call
siren song | the enticing appeal of something alluring but potentially dangerous, he succumbed to the siren call of the wilderness |
constitution
composition physical composition
makeup
make-up | the way in which someone or something is composed |
| composition composing | the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole, harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art |
literary composition
literary work | imaginative or creative writing |
composition
paper report theme | an essay (especially one written as an assignment), he got an A on his composition |
Song of Songs
Song of Solomon
Canticle of Canticles
Canticles | an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later |
| Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children | an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel |
typography
composition | art and technique of printing with movable type |
fairytale fairy tale fairy story cock-and-bull story
song and dance | an interesting but highly implausible story, often told as an excuse |
birdcall
call birdsong
song | the characteristic sound produced by a bird, a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age |
| song and dance | theatrical performance combining singing and dancing |
dramatic composition
dramatic work | a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc. |
| theme song | a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie |
signature signature tune
theme song | a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio
tv program |
| religious song | religious music for singing |
musical composition
opus
composition piece piece of music | a musical work that has been created, the composition is written in four movements |
song
vocal | a short musical composition with words, a successful musical must have at least three good songs |
| drinking song | a song celebrating the joys of drinking, sung at drinking parties |
folk song
folksong
folk ballad | a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture |
love song
love-song | a song about love or expressing love for another person |
scolion
banquet song | a song (sometimes improvised) sung by guests at a banquet |
| torch song | a popular song concerned with disappointment in love |
| work song | a usually rhythmical song to accompany repetitious work |
| song | a distinctive or characteristic sound, the song of bullets was in the air, the song of the wind, the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead |
Sung
Sung dynasty
Song
Song dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China fromto , noted for art and literature and philosophy |
| song | a very small sum, he bought it for a song |
| composition | a mixture of ingredients |
thermosetting compositions
thermosetting resin | a material that hardens when heated and cannot be remolded |
cardboard
composition board | a stiff moderately thick paper |
| composed | serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress, the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage, I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time |
for a song
for a bargain price
at a low price | for a relatively small amount of money, we bought the house for a song |