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Definitions of 'slur' Wordnet 

1. (noun) slur
(music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato

2. (noun) aspersion, slur
a disparaging remark
"in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility"

3. (verb) smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur
a blemish made by dirt
"he had a smudge on his cheek"

4. (verb) slur
play smoothly or legato
"the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"

5. (verb) slur
speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur
"your comments are slurring your co-workers"

6. (verb) slur
utter indistinctly

7. (verb) blur, dim, slur
become vague or indistinct
"The distinction between the two theories blurred"


Definitions of 'slur' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (noun) slur
a mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo

2. (noun) slur
a trick played upon a person; an imposition

3. (noun) slur
a mark, thus [/ 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. (noun) slur
in knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them

5. (verb) slur
to soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace

6. (verb) slur
to disparage; to traduce

7. (verb) slur
to cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice

8. (verb) slur
to cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick

9. (verb) slur
to pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables

10. (verb) slur
to sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones

11. (verb) slur
to blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle


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