Sekirov Dictionary

carol

/ˈkɛɹəl/

noun 4
verb 5
forms 7

noun4

•
a song for Christmas, usually an old one and often about the birth of Jesus
- They sang a Christmas carol.
•
A ballad or song of joy.
- Oppos'd to her, on t' other Side, advance / The costly Feast, the Carol, and the Dance, / Minstrels, Musick, Poetry, and Play, / And Balls by Night, and Turnaments by Day. — 1700
(historical) A round dance accompanied by singing.
(no longer used) A small closet or enclosure built against the inner side of a window of a monastery's cloister, to sit in for study.

verb5

•
To sing carols; especially to sing Christmas carols in a group.
- Gather up the neighbor kids and go caroling around the neighborhood … just for the joy of singing together! — 2014
•
To sing (a song) cheerfully.
- Why do the Delian Palms incline their Boughs, / Self-mov'd; and hov'ring Swans, their Throats releas'd / From native Silence, carol Sounds harmonious? — 1719
•
(literary) To sing in a joyful manner.
- The sun shone, and the birds were caroling.
To praise or celebrate in song.
(historical) To participate in a carol (a round dance accompanied by singing).

forms

caroled · carolled · caroling · carolling · carolleth · carols · carollest

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