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| NOUN | 1 | slur | (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato |
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| 2 | slur, aspersion | A disparaging remark | |
| 3 | slur, smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch | A blemish made by dirt | |
| VERB | 1 | slur | Play smoothly or legato |
| 2 | slur | Speak disparagingly of | |
| 3 | slur | Utter indistinctly | |
| 4 | slur, blur, dim | Become vague or indistinct |
| Sounds | sler' |
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| Rhymes | alveolar, ambler, angler, and 234 more rhymes in ler... |
| Meaning | (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato. |
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| Category | music |
| Broader | musical notation |
| Narrower | tie |
| Verbs | slur |
| Meaning | A disparaging remark. |
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| Examples | "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility" |
| Synonyms | aspersion |
| Usage of | pickaninny, piccaninny, picaninny |
| Broader | disparagement, depreciation, derogation |
| Narrower | ethnic slur |
| Verbs | slur |
| Meaning | A blemish made by dirt. |
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| Synonyms | smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch |
| Broader | blemish, defect, mar |
| Narrower | blotch, splodge, splotch; fingermark, fingerprint; inkblot |
| Meaning | Play smoothly or legato. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Model | They will slur the duet |
| Examples | "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata" |
| Category | music |
| Broader | play, spiel |
| Nouns | slur |
| Meaning | Speak disparagingly of. E.g., make a racial slur. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "your comments are slurring your co-workers" |
| Broader | denote, refer |
| Nouns | slur |
| Meaning | Utter indistinctly. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise |
| Meaning | Become vague or indistinct. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Synonyms | blur, dim |
| Contrary | focus, focalize, focalise |
| Caused by | blur, blear |
| Broader | weaken |
| See also | slur over |
| Narrower | obliterate, efface |
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