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SLUR
smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur
(noun) a blemish made by dirt; āhe had a smudge on his cheekā
aspersion, slur
(noun) a disparaging remark; āin the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersionā; āit is difficult for a woman to understand a manās sensitivity to any slur on his virilityā
slur
(noun) (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
blur, dim, slur
(verb) become vague or indistinct; āThe distinction between the two theories blurredā
slur
(verb) utter indistinctly
slur
(verb) speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; āyour comments are slurring your co-workersā
slur
(verb) play smoothly or legato; āthe pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonataā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
slur (plural slurs)
An insult or slight.
(music) A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
(music) The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).
Coordinate term: tie
(obsolete) A trick or deception.
In knitting machines, a device for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
Verb
slur (third-person singular simple present slurs, present participle slurring, simple past and past participle slurred)
To insult or slight.
To run together; to articulate poorly.
(music) To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.
To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
(printing, dated) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
Anagrams
• URLs, lurs
Source: Wiktionary
Slur, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slurred; p. pr. & vb. n. Slurring.] Etym: [Cf. OE. sloor mud, clay, Icel. sl, slo, to trail or drag one's self along, D. sleuren, sloren, to train, to drag, to do negligently and slovenly, D. sloor, sloerie, a sluttish girl.]
1. To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace. Cudworth.
2. To disparage; to traduce. Tennyson.
3. To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice. With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his crimes. Dryden.
4. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick. [R.] To slur men of what they fought for. Hudibras.
5. To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables.
6. (Mus.)
Definition: To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones. Busby.
7. (Print.)
Definition: To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
Slur, n.
1. A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo. "Gaining to his name a lasting slur." South.
2. A trick played upon a person; an imposition. [R.]
3. (Mus.)
Definition: A mark, thus [&upslur; or ], connecting notes that are to be sung to the same syllable, or made in one continued breath of a wind instrument, or with one stroke of a bow; a tie; a sign of legato.
4. In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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