ligadura — meaning in English
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English meaning
- ligature noun A cord, thread, or wire used to tie something tightly, especially to close off a blood vessel in surgery.
- slur noun An offensive or insulting remark, especially one targeting a person's group identity.
- tie noun A narrow strip of fabric worn around the neck, usually with a shirt collar, as an item of formal clothing.
Senses
ligadura is used for these senses in English:
- slur (music) The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).
ligature — full definition
- noun A cord, thread, or wire used to tie something tightly, especially to close off a blood vessel in surgery.
- noun A character formed by joining two or more letters into a single glyph, such as æ.
slur — full definition
- noun An offensive or insulting remark, especially one targeting a person's group identity.
- noun Unclear, poorly separated speech.
- verb To pronounce words unclearly by running them together.