■ verb ( ~s , ~ring , ~red )
1》 (with reference to speech) articulate or be articulated indistinctly.
2》 pass over (a fact or aspect) so as to conceal or minimize it.
3》 Music perform (a group of two or more notes) legato.
↘mark (notes) with a ~.
4》 chiefly US make insinuations or allegations about.
■ noun
1》 an insinuation or allegation.
2》 an indistinct utterance.
3》 Music a curved line indicating that notes are to be ~red.
Derivatives
~red adjective
Origin
ME (asnoun in sense 'thin mud', later as v. meaning 'smear' and 'disparage'); of unknown origin.