<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Music: a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.</li><li>(in part music) the soprano.</li><li>a song or melody.</li><li>a variation upon anything; comment on a subject.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Music (chiefly British): soprano; a descant recorder; treble; a descant viol.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) Music: to sing.</li><li>to comment or discourse at great length.</li></ul>