· (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"

Hypernym(s): play, spiel

· speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your comments are slurring your co-workers"

Hypernym(s): denote, refer

· utter indistinctly

Hypernym(s): talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise

· become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"

Synonym(s): blur, dim

Hypernym(s): weaken