Pur
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pur is a noun meaning Dated form of purr (“low murmuring sound as of a cat”).
Meaning
Dated form of purr (“low murmuring sound as of a cat”).
More Meanings
- Dated form of purr.
Example Sentences
a. 1828, John Gardiner Calkins Brainard, On Connecticut River And there the wild-cat purs amid her brood.
It appears to me, past all doubt, that its [the goatsucker's] notes are formed by organic impulse, by the parts of its windpipe formed for sound, just as cats pur.
The first — called by Laennec, from its resemblance to the pur of a cat, the purring tremor — is nearly always indicative of a valvular lesion. The second is caused by the to-and-fro motion of a roughened pericardium.
Word Forms
- purs
- purring
- purred
Related Words
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