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murmur
has definitions from the fields of linguistics,phonetics,medicine
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[ verb ] speak softly or indistinctly
Examples "She murmured softly to the baby in her arms" Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)Scotty murmured , `` No , thanks '' , so softly his father had_to bend his gaunt height across the table and turn a round brown ear to him . (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)`` Yeah '' , Mose murmured , `` yeah . |
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[ noun ] a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
Synonyms Used in print (T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)They were engulfed by the weird silence , broken only by the low , angry murmur of the river . |
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[ noun ] (linguistics,phonetics) a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant
Synonyms Used in print (H. A. Gleason, "Review of African language studies...)Some phonetic features , for_example glottal_catch or murmur , are sometimes to be assigned to segmental phonemics and sometimes to accentual_systems . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (medicine) an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves
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