DESCANT ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does descant on mean? 

• DESCANT ON (verb)
  The verb DESCANT ON has 1 sense:

1. sing a descant on a main tune or melody

  Familiarity information: DESCANT ON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESCANT ON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sing a descant on a main tune or melody

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "descant on" is one way to...):

sing (produce tones with the voice)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They will descant on the duet