MURMUR
\mˈɜːmə], \mˈɜːmə], \m_ˈɜː_m_ə]\
Definitions of MURMUR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves
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a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant
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a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
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make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she grumbles when she feels overworked"
By Princeton University
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an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves
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complain quietly
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a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant
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a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice.
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To make a low continued noise, like the hum of bees, a stream of water, distant waves, or the wind in a forest.
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To utter or give forth in low or indistinct words or sounds; as, to murmur tales.
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To utter complaints in a low, half-articulated voice; to feel or express dissatisfaction or discontent; to grumble; - often with at or against.
By Oddity Software
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A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice.
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To make a low continued noise, like the hum of bees, a stream of water, distant waves, or the wind in a forest.
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To utter or give forth in low or indistinct words or sounds; as, to murmur tales.
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To utter complaints in a low, half-articulated voice; to feel or express dissatisfaction or discontent; to grumble; - often with at or against.
By Noah Webster.
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A low, indistinct sound, as of a running stream; a complaint in a low, muttering tone; a grumble.
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To make a low, continued noise like the hum of bees; speak in a low voice; mutter in discontent; grumble.
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To utter complainingly or in a low voice; to grumble.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Susurrus; a soft sound, like that made by a somewhat forcible expiration with the mouth open, heard on auscultation of the heart, lungs, or blood-vessels.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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A low, indistinct sound, like that of running water: a complaint in a low, muttering voice.
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To utter a murmur: to grumble:-pr.p. murmuring; pa.t. and pa.p. murmured.
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MURMURER.
By Daniel Lyons
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MURMURER.
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To utter in a low, suppressed tone; to complain in low tones; mutter; mumble.
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A complaint uttered in a half-articulate voice; a low, repeated sound.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A low sound, continually repeated, as that of a running stream; a complaint, uttered in a low, muttering voice.
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To make a low, continued noise, like the bum of bees: to grumble; to complain; to utter sullen discontent.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A low continually-repeated sound or sounds; a complaint uttered in a low suppressed tone.
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To give forth or utter low suppressed sounds; to complain.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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A word existing both in the Romanic and Teutonic languages, and probably a variety of onomatopoeia; - mur mur expressing the kind of sound which the word indicates. A low continued or continuosly repeated sound, as that of flame, or of a stream running over a stony bottom.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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