1. A short musical composition with words
   "a successful musical must have at least three good songs";
   - vocal
    
2. The act of singing
   "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates";
   - strain
    
3. A distinctive or characteristic sound
   "the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead"; "the song of bullets was in the air"; "the song of the wind"
    
4. The characteristic sound produced by a bird
   "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age";
   - birdcall, call, birdsong
    
5. A very small sum
   "he bought it for a song"

1. The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy
   - Sung, Sung dynasty, Song dynasty

Derived forms: songs

Type of: animal communication, bargain, buy, composition, dynasty, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music, snip [Brit], sound, steal, vocal music

Encyclopedia: Song, Religious