/ˈmjʊɹəl/, /ˈmjɝəl/, /ˈmjʊəɹəl/
OriginBorrowed from French mural, from Latin muralis, from murus (“wall”).
- A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.
- not-comparableOf or relating to a wall; on, or in, or against a wall.
“a mural quadrant”
“Disburd’nd Heav’n rejoic’d, and soon repaird / Her mural breach, returning whence it rowld.”
“[Y]et in the Nectarine and like delicate Mural-fruit, the later your Pruning, the better, [...]”
- not-comparableResembling a wall; perpendicular or steep.
“a mural precipice”
“Soon the swift horses drew this fair god and goddess nigh the wooded hills, whose distant blue, now changed into a variously-shaded green, stood before them like old Babylonian walls, overgrown with v”
- To create a mural.
“Today savvy operators and designers are stenciling, streaking, stippling, spattering, sponging, mirroring, muraling and marbleizing their way to wonderful walls.”
“Its walls were devoutly muraled by artists from the John Reed Club, a Communist-controlled cultural organization.”
Formsmurals(plural) · murals(present, singular, third-person) · muraling(US, participle, present) · muralling(UK, participle, present) · muraled(US, participle, past) · muraled(US, past) · muralled(UK, participle, past) · muralled(UK, past)
Source: Wiktionary