Crossword clues for slurred
slurred
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
--Cudworth.To disparage; to traduce.
--Tennyson.-
To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his crimes.
--Dryden. -
To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick. [R.]
To slur men of what they fought for.
--Hudibras. To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables; to slur one's words.
(Mus.) To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones.
--Busby.(Print.) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
Slurred \Slurred\ (sl[^u]rd), a. (Mus.) Marked with a slur; performed in a smooth, gliding style, like notes marked with a slur.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: slur)
WordNet
n. (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
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]
a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch]
adj. spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred" [syn: thick]
v. play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"
speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your comments are slurring your co-workers"
utter indistinctly
become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" [syn: blur, dim] [ant: focus]
See slur