Meaning

7 senses
  1. To insult or slight.

  2. To run together; to articulate poorly.

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

    undeutlich reden

    заплета́тьсяzapletátʹsja, глота́ть

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

    play smoothly or legato

  4. To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.

  5. To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.

  6. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.

  7. (dated)To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.

Examples

42 sentences
  1. Tom was drunk and his speech was slurred.

    ruТом был пьян, и его речь была нечленораздельной.

    deTom war betrunken und er lallte.

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  2. Tom slurs his words whenever he gets drunk.

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  3. Tom is slurring his words. I think he's drunk quite a lot.

    ruТом проглатывает слова. Я думаю, что он весьма сильно пьян.

    deTom lallt. Ich glaube, er ist ganz schön betrunken.

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  4. Tom slurred his words.

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  5. Tom's speech was slightly slurred.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to articulate poorly:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to articulate poorly:

Origin

From Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”). The ultimate origin is uncertain, but per

From Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”). The ultimate origin is uncertain, but perhaps related to a group of words derived from Proto-Germanic *slūm- (“loose, slack, flabby”), such as slumber.

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Forms

slurs, slurring, slurred, slurred
Base formslur · to slur
3rd person singularslurs
Present participleslurring
Past simpleslurred
Past participleslurred

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyslur
he, she, itslurs

Past simpleLesson

all personsslurred

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave slurred
he, she, ithas slurred

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill slur

Synonyms

126 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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