MEANING
To sing or speak in a soft, low, soothing manner.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- croon a song
- croon softly
On the page
She crooned the old song beside the cot.
Word forms
- Base
- croon
- Past tense
- crooned
- Past participle
- crooned
- Present participle
- crooning
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- croon
- Present continuous
- am/is/are crooning
- Present perfect
- have/has crooned
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been crooning
- Past
- crooned
- Past continuous
- was/were crooning
- Past perfect
- had crooned
- Past perfect continuous
- had been crooning
- Future
- will croon
- Future continuous
- will be crooning
- Future perfect
- will have crooned
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been crooning
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Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: croon; croons; crooned; crooned; crooning Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: croons.
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