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slur

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slur  \Slur\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Slurred};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Slurring}.]  [Cf.  OE  sloor  mud,  clay,  Icel.  sl?ra,  slo?ra, 
  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.)  To  sing  or  perform  in  a  smooth,  gliding  style;  to 
  connect  smoothly  in  performing,  as  several  notes  or  tones. 
  --Busby. 
 
  7.  (Print.)  To  blur  or  double,  as  an  impression  from  type  to 
  mackle. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slur  \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.)  A  mark,  thus  [[upslur]  or  [downslur]],  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  slur 
  n  1:  (music)  a  curved  line  spanning  notes  that  are  to  be  played 
  legato 
  2:  a  disparaging  remark  [syn:  {aspersion}] 
  3:  a  blemish  made  by  dirt;  "he  had  a  smudge  on  his  cheek"  [syn: 
  {smudge},  {spot},  {blot},  {daub},  {smear},  {smirch}] 
  v  1:  play  smoothly  or  legato;  of  musical  passages 
  2:  speak  disparagingly  of  e.g.,  make  a  racial  slur;  "your 
  comments  are  slurring  your  co-workers" 
  3:  utter  indistinctly 
  4:  become  vague  or  indistinct;  "The  distinction  between  the  two 
  theories  blurred"  [syn:  {blur},  {dim}]  [ant:  {focus}]




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