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Meaning of slur

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  slur
      n 1: (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played
           legato
      2: 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" [syn: {aspersion}, {slur}]
      3: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn:
         {smudge}, {spot}, {blot}, {daub}, {smear}, {smirch}, {slur}]
      v 1: play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most
           beautiful passage in the sonata"
      2: speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your
         comments are slurring your co-workers"
      3: utter indistinctly
      4: become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two
         theories blurred" [syn: {blur}, {dim}, {slur}] [ant:
         {focalise}, {focalize}, {focus}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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