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Noun murmur has 4 senses
- mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation - a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
--1 is a kind of sound
- murmur vowel, murmur - a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant
--2 is a kind of schwa, shwa
- heart murmur, cardiac murmur, murmur - an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves
--3 is a kind of symptom
--3 has particulars: systolic murmur
- grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering - a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
--4 is a kind of complaint
Verb murmur has 2 senses
- murmur - speak softly or indistinctly; "She murmured softly to the baby in her arms"
--1 is one way to talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue murmur
- murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl - make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she grumbles when she feels overworked"
--2 is one way to complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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