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To insult or slight. / To run together; to articulate poorly. / (music) To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly. / To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.

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slur

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Source Word

slur

IPA(Pronunciation)

/slɜː(ɹ)/

Verb

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To insult or slight. / To run together; to articulate poorly. / (music) To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly. / To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.

Japanese Meaning

侮辱する、軽んじる / 言葉をもつれて発音する、不明瞭に発音する / (音楽において)レガートで演奏する、各音符を滑らかに繋ぐ / 汚す、穢す、評判を傷つける

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Don't slur your classmates with careless remarks; words can hurt.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

不用意な発言でクラスメートを侮辱しないでください。言葉は人を傷つけます。

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Sense（1）

To insult or slight.

And how men slur him, saying all his force / Is melted into mere effeminacy?

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Sense（2）

To run together; to articulate poorly.

to slur syllables; He slurs his speech when he is drunk.

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Sense（3）

(music) To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.

Notes , the stems of which are joined together by cross lines, as in united quavers , semiquavers , & c . or notes over the heads of which a curve is drawn, to signify that they are to be slurred

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