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Noun slur has 3 senses
- slur - (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
--1 is a kind of musical notation
--1 has particulars: tie
- 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"
--2 is a kind of disparagement, depreciation, derogation
--2 has particulars: ethnic slur
- smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur - a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
--3 is a kind of blemish, defect, mar
--3 has particulars:
Verb slur has 4 senses
- slur - play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"
--1 is one way to play, spiel
Sample sentence:
They will slur the duet
- slur - speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your comments are slurring your co-workers"
--2 is one way to denote, refer
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- slur - utter indistinctly
--3 is one way to talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- blur, dim, slur - become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
--4 is one way to weaken
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
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