· (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
Hypernym(s): musical_notation
· 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"
Synonym(s): aspersion
Hypernym(s): disparagement, depreciation, derogation
· a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
Synonym(s): smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch
Hypernym(s): blemish, defect, mar
· 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
Hypernym(s): talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
· become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
Hypernym(s): weaken