murmuring
verbnouncommon in dialogue
A sound that murmurs.
verb
- 1
Also a form of murmurpresent participle and gerund of murmur
Iron and coal were the magnets that drew railways to this land of lovely valleys and silent mountains—for such it was a century-and-a-half ago, before man blackened the valleys with the smokes of his forges, scarred the green hills with his shafts and waste-heaps, and drove the salmon from the quiet Rhondda and the murmuring Taff.
noun
- 1
A sound that murmurs.
the murmurings of trees in the wind
- 2
A complaint against something.
Do all things without murmurings and disputings.
When Mrs. Churchill's orders were made known, they caused many secret marvellings and murmurings.
Forms
- plural
- murmurings