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murmurs

 
Noun murmur has 4 senses
  1. 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
    Derived form: verb murmur1
  2. murmur vowel, murmur - a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant
    --2 is a kind of schwa, shwa
  3. 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
  4. grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering - a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
    --4 is a kind of complaint
    Derived form: verb murmur2
Verb murmur has 2 senses
  1. 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
    Derived forms: noun murmur1, noun murmuration1, noun murmuring1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam and Sue murmur
  2. 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
    Derived forms: noun murmur4, noun murmuring2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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