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SERENADE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form
Synonyms:
divertimento; serenade
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("serenade" is a kind of...):
composition; musical composition; opus; piece; piece of music (a musical work that has been created)
Derivation:
serenade (sing and play for somebody)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A song characteristically played outside the house of a woman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("serenade" is a kind of...):
song; vocal (a short musical composition with words)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "serenade"):
belling; callathump; callithump; charivari; chivaree; shivaree (a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple)
Derivation:
serenade (sing and play for somebody)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they serenade ... he / she / it serenades
Past simple: serenaded
-ing form: serenading
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
She was serenaded by her admirers
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "serenade" is one way to...):
do; execute; perform (carry out or perform an action)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot serenade Sue
Derivation:
serenade (a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form)
serenade (a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman)