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# murmur

«murmur» in Mova's school dictionary: **A soft, low sound of voices, or of water, wind or bees…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a murmur, murmurs); verb (murmur, murmurs, murmured, murmuring)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A soft, low sound of voices, or of water, wind or bees, that goes on and on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murmur/#m1)

2) (verb) To say something very quietly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murmur/#m2)

3) A quiet complaint: «They paid without a murmur.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murmur/#m3)

4) (medicine) A heart murmur is an extra sound a doctor hears in the heartbeat; many are harmless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murmur/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, a murmur sets a quiet, gentle mood, or shows a crowd reacting: «a murmur of surprise ran round the room». In The Wind in the Willows, the river murmurs and the reeds whisper. Phrases: «without a murmur» (without complaining), «a murmur of agreement».

### examples

- A murmur of excitement ran through the audience. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murmur/#x1)
- «Goodnight,» she murmured sleepily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murmur/#x2)
- We heard the murmur of the stream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murmur/#x3)
- He did his chores without a murmur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murmur/#x4)
- The doctor heard a small heart murmur, but said it was nothing to worry about. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murmur/#x5)
- The murmur of bees filled the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murmur/#x6)
- “Tell on, my love,” Finnian murmured [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murmur/#x7)

### note

Spelling: m-u-r-m-u-r; past murmured, -ing murmuring (no double r). Similar: mutter (grumbly), whisper (with breath), mumble (unclear).

### In the corpora

- [Rowing home in the evening sun, the Rat is murmuring poetry to himself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/0/)
- [And the people murmured against Moses, saying: 'What shall we drink?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.441/)
- [And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.447/)
- ['How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, that keep murmuring against Me?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.549/)
- [I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they keep murmuring against Me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.550/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «murmur» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murmur/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.