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Definition of Pur - 7 dictionary results

pur

[pur]
–noun, verb (used without object), verb (used with object), purred, pur⋅ring.
purr.

purr

[pur]
–verb (used without object)
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.
–verb (used with object)
3. to express by or as if by purring.
–noun
4. the low, vibrating sound made by a cat by the contracting of the laryngeal muscles and the diaphragm as it breathes.
5. a sound resembling this.
6. the act of purring.
Also, pur.


Origin:
1595–1605; imit.


purr⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Pur

Pur\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Purred; p. pr. & vb. n. Purring.] [Of imitative origin; cf. Prov. G. purren.] To utter a low, murmuring, continued sound, as a cat does when pleased. [Written also purr.]

Pur

Pur\, v. t. To signify or express by purring. --Gray.

Pur

Pur\, n. The low, murmuring sound made by a cat to express contentment or pleasure. [Written also purr.]
Pur
purine
PUR
Public Utility Reports
Language Translation for : Pur
Italian: innocente,
German: kindlich,
Japanese: 子供らしい
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