Noun
- 1. descant, discant, accompaniment, musical accompaniment, backup, support
- usage: a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
Verb
- 1. descant, sing
- usage: sing in descant
- 2. yodel, warble, descant, sing
- usage: sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"
- 3. descant, discourse, talk about, discuss
- usage: talk at great length about something of one's interest
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