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# slurred

«slurred» in Mova's school dictionary: **speech where the words run into each other and are hard…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form (past tense and past participle of slur: slur, slurs, slurred, slurring); adjective (slurred speech)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Slurred speech is speech where the words run into each other and are hard to understand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slurred/#m1)

2) (music) Slurred notes are played smoothly joined together, shown by a curved line called a slur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slurred/#m2)

3) To have slurred someone can mean to have insulted them unfairly (a slur is an insult). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slurred/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health and safety lessons, suddenly slurred speech can be a warning sign of a stroke (with a drooping face and a weak arm — call the emergency number at once), or of being very tired, drunk or ill. In music lessons, slurred notes are played legato. In stories, slurred words show a character is sleepy, ill or drunk.

### examples

- His speech was slurred because he was so sleepy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slurred/#x1)
- Slurred speech can be a sign of a stroke, so call an ambulance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slurred/#x2)
- The drunk man slurred his words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slurred/#x3)
- Play these two notes slurred, without a gap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slurred/#x4)
- She slurred "goodnight" as she fell asleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slurred/#x5)
- The curved line means the notes are slurred. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slurred/#x6)
- After the dentist's injection, my words were slurred for an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slurred/#x7)

### note

Double r: slur → slurred, slurring. Emergency numbers: 999 (UK, Ireland also 112), 911 (USA, Canada), 000 (Australia), 111 (New Zealand). A "slur" (noun) can also be a nasty insult about a group of people.

### In the corpora

- [Shivering hard, pale skin, slurred speech and being very sleepy can be signs a person is getting dangerously cold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/50-heat-sun-and-cold-on-sports-day/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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