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 →

2) (verb) To say something very quietly. tree →

3) A quiet complaint: «They paid without a murmur.» tree →

4) (medicine) A heart murmur is an extra sound a doctor hears in the heartbeat; many are harmless. tree →

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 →
• «Goodnight,» she murmured sleepily. tree →
• We heard the murmur of the stream. tree →
• He did his chores without a murmur. tree →
• The doctor heard a small heart murmur, but said it was nothing to worry about. tree →
• The murmur of bees filled the garden. tree →
• “Tell on, my love,” Finnian murmured tree →

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.
• And the people murmured against Moses, saying: 'What shall we drink?'
• And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;
• 'How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, that keep murmuring against Me?
• I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they keep murmuring against Me.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «murmur» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.