murmuring+sound

  • 41Humming — Hum ming, a. Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 42whispering — whis·per·ing || hwɪspÉ™rɪŋ / wɪs n. speaking softly; murmur; rumor, gossip adj. murmuring. speaking softly; speaking in a murmur whis·per || hwɪspÉ™(r) / w n. soft speaking; something spoken softly; murmuring sound; rumor, gossip; trace,… …

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  • 43Drone — Drone, n. [OE. drane a dronebee, AS. dr[=a]n; akin to OS. dr[=a]n, OHG. treno, G. drohne, Dan. drone, cf. Gr. ? a kind of wasp, dial. Gr. ? drone. Prob. named fr. the droning sound. See {Drone}, v. i.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The male of bees, esp. of the… …

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  • 44purr — purringly, adv. /perr/, v.i. 1. to utter a low, continuous, murmuring sound expressive of contentment or pleasure, as a cat does. 2. (of things) to make a sound suggestive of the purring of a cat: The new motor of the car purred. v.t. 3. to… …

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  • 45Drone — (dr[=o]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Droned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Droning}.] [Cf. (for sense 1) D. dreunen, G. dr[ o]hnen, Icel. drynja to roar, drynr a roaring, Sw. dr[ o]na to bellow, drone, Dan. dr[ o]ne, Goth. drunjus sound, Gr. ? dirge, ? to cry… …

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  • 46Droned — Drone Drone (dr[=o]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Droned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Droning}.] [Cf. (for sense 1) D. dreunen, G. dr[ o]hnen, Icel. drynja to roar, drynr a roaring, Sw. dr[ o]na to bellow, drone, Dan. dr[ o]ne, Goth. drunjus sound, Gr. ? dirge,… …

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  • 47Droning — Drone Drone (dr[=o]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Droned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Droning}.] [Cf. (for sense 1) D. dreunen, G. dr[ o]hnen, Icel. drynja to roar, drynr a roaring, Sw. dr[ o]na to bellow, drone, Dan. dr[ o]ne, Goth. drunjus sound, Gr. ? dirge,… …

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  • 48purl — purl1 /perrl/, v.t., v.i. 1. to knit with a reverse stitch. 2. to finish with loops or a looped edging. n. 3. a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and… …

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  • 49buzz — 1. noun a) A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones, or of a general expression of surprise or approbation. Still feeling the buzz from the coffee, he pushed through the last of the… …

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  • 50humming — hum·ming || hÊŒmɪŋ adj. making a droning sound; buzzing; energetically active; extremely busy hÊŒm n. murmuring sound, constant droning sound; act of singing with closed lips; busyness, state of being busy or occupied, state of appearing to be …

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