chant — meaning in English

English meaning

• birdsong noun The sounds birds make, especially their musical calls, thought of as a whole.
• call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
• crow noun A large black bird with a harsh, cawing call.
• singing noun The act of making musical sounds with the voice.
• song noun A short piece of music with words, meant to be sung.

Senses

chant is used for these senses in English:

• birdsong (ornithology) A vocalisation made by a bird, more complex than a call, for purposes associated with courtship and territory.
• call A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
• call (US, law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
• crow Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.
• singing The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.
• song (music) A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.
• song The act or art of singing.

call — full definition

1. verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
2. verb To give someone or something a name; to refer to something in a particular way.
3. verb To pay a brief visit, or to stop at a place, especially a ship stopping at a port.
4. verb To predict or officially declare an outcome.
5. noun An act of speaking to someone on the phone.

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