rustling

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. the stealing of cattle (Freq. 4)
• Derivationally related forms:
rustle
• Hypernyms:
larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
2. a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
rustle, whisper, whispering
• Derivationally related forms:
rustle, rustle (for: rustle)
• Hypernyms:
noise

II - adjective

characterized by soft sounds
- a murmurous brook
- a soughing wind in the pines
- "a slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines"- R.P.Warren
• Syn:
murmurous, soughing, susurrous
• Similar to:
soft
• Derivationally related forms:
murmur (for: murmurous)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  murmurous, soughing, susurrous, rustle, whisper, whispering