'Slur' definitions:

Definition of 'slur'

From: WordNet
noun
(music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
noun
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" [syn: aspersion, slur]
noun
A blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur]
verb
Play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"
verb
Speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your comments are slurring your co-workers"
verb
Utter indistinctly
verb
Become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" [syn: blur, dim, slur] [ant: focalise, focalize, focus]

Definition of 'Slur'

From: GCIDE
  • Slur \Slur\ (sl[^u]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slurred (sl[^u]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Slurring (sl[^u]r"r[i^]ng).] [Cf. OE. sloor mud, clay, Icel. sl[=o]ra, slo[eth]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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To disparage; to traduce. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice. [1913 Webster]
  • With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his crimes. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • To slur men of what they fought for. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables; to slur one's words. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Mus.) To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones. --Busby. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Print.) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Slur'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A trick played upon a person; an imposition. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them. [1913 Webster]

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