murmuring

Definition of Murmuring in English :

Noun

1. murmur, murmuration, murmuring, mussitation, mutter, muttering

a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

2. grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering

a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

Adjective

3. murmuring, susurrant, whispering

making a low continuous indistinct sound

Example Sentences:
'like murmuring waves'
'susurrant voices'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Murmuring

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noun

1.

a continuous low indistinct sound, as of distant voices

2.

an indistinct utterance

a murmur of satisfaction

3.

a complaint; grumble

he made no murmur at my suggestion

4. medicine

any abnormal soft blowing sound heard within the body, usually over the chest

Murmuring

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noun

1.

a low, indistinct, continuous sound, as of a stream, far-off voices, etc.

2.

a mumbled or muttered complaint

3. Medicine

any abnormal sound heard by auscultation, esp. of the heart

verb intransitive

4.

to make a murmur

5.

to mumble or mutter a complaint

verb transitive

6.

to say in a murmur

Murmuring

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n.

1. A low, indistinct, continuous sound: spoke in a murmur; the murmur of the waves.

2. An indistinct, whispered, or confidential complaint; a mutter.

3. Medicine An abnormal sound, usually emanating from the heart, that sometimes indicates a diseased condition.

v. mur·mured, mur·mur·ing, mur·murs

v.intr.

1. To make a low, continuous, indistinct sound or succession of sounds.

2. To complain in low mumbling tones; grumble.

v.tr.

To say in a low indistinct voice; utter indistinctly: murmured his approval.

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