Whispering : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Whispering	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Whispering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whispering adj making a low continuous indistinct sound; "like murmuring waves"; "susurrant voices" Synonym(s): murmuring, susurrant, whispering n a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind Synonym(s): rustle, rustling, whisper, whispering speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords Synonym(s): whisper, whispering, susurration, voicelessness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whisper \Whis"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whispered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whispering}.] [AS. hwisprian; akin to G. wispern, wispeln, OHG. hwispal[?]n, Icel. hv[c6]skra, Sw. hviska, Dan. hviske; of imitative origin. Cf. {Whistle}.] 1. To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. See {Whisper}, n. 2. To make a low, sibilant sound or noise. The hollow, whispering breeze. --Thomson. 3. To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting. All that hate me whisper together against me. --Ps. xli. 7.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whispering \Whis"pering\, a. & n. from {Whisper}. v. t. {Whispering* gallery}, [or] {Whispering dome}, one of such a form that sounds produced in certain parts of it are concentrated by reflection from the walls to another part, so that whispers or feeble sounds are audible at a much greater distance than under ordinary circumstances.