Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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slur | Yes | No | Yes | No |
fingerprint | Yes | No | Yes | No |
slur (noun) | fingerprint (noun) |
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a blemish made by dirt | a smudge made by a (dirty) finger |
a disparaging remark | a generic term for any identifying characteristic |
(music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato | a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations |
slur (verb) | fingerprint (verb) |
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become vague or indistinct | take an impression of a person's fingerprints |
utter indistinctly | |
speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur | |
play smoothly or legato |