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 Definitions of blur  [ɜr]  

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Definition of 'blur' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) blur
to obscure or make indistinct, as by smearing or staining:
The fog blurred the outline of the car.

2.  blur
to obscure or sully by smearing or applying a smeary substance.

3.  blur
to dull the perception or susceptibility of:
vision blurred by tears.

4. (v.i.) blur
to become indistinct.

5.  blur
to make blurs.

6. (n.) blur
a smudge or smear that obscures:
a blur of smoke.

7.  blur
a blurred condition; indistinctness.

8.  blur
something seen or remembered indistinctly.

Etymology:  (1540–50; akin to blear)

Definition of 'blur' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) blur, fuzz
a hazy or indistinct representation
"it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz"

2. (verb) film over, glaze over, blur
become glassy; lose clear vision
"Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep"

3. (verb) blur
to make less distinct or clear
"The haze blurs the hills"

4. (verb) confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
"Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"

5. (verb) smear, blur, smudge, smutch
make a smudge on; soil by smudging

6. (verb) blur, blear
make dim or indistinct
"The fog blurs my vision"

7. (verb) blur, dim, slur
become vague or indistinct
"The distinction between the two theories blurred"


Definition of 'blur' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) blur
to make or become less clear to see
to blur the pencil line with your finger; The image blurred and then focused again.

2.  blur
to make a difference less obvious
a game that blurs the line between real life and the computer world


Definition of 'blur' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) blur
that which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance

2. (noun) blur
a dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur

3. (noun) blur
a moral stain or blot

4. (verb) blur
to render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink

5. (verb) blur
to cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken

6. (verb) blur
to sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation


Translation of 'blur' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: something not clearly seen
Everything is just a blur when I take my spectacles off.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vaagheid Arabic flag Arabic: شيئٌ مُغَشّى/ غير واضِحٍ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: неясно петно
Brazilian flag Brazilian: borrão Czech flag Czech: rozmazaný obraz German flag German: die Verschwommenheit
Danish flag Danish: sløret plet; tåget syn Greek flag Greek: θολούρα Spanish flag Spanish: imagen borrosa/imprecisa
Estonian flag Estonian: ähmasus Farsi flag Farsi: مات؛ کدر Finnish flag Finnish: sumea
French flag French: image floue Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְטוּשטַש Hindi flag Hindi: धुंधला
Croatian flag Croatian: mutnoća Hungarian flag Hungarian: folt Indonesian flag Indonesian: kabur
Icelandic flag Icelandic: móða, móðusÿn Italian flag Italian: offuscamento, visione con Japanese flag Japanese: ぼやけた状態
Korean flag Korean: 흐릿함 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: miglotas vaizdas Latvian flag Latvian: neskaidrs apveids
Malay flag Malay: kabur Dutch flag Dutch: wazig beeld Norwegian flag Norwegian: det som flyter sammen, us
Polish flag Polish: nieostry obraz Persian flag Persian: مات؛ کدر Pashto flag Pashto: یو راغ یا اوریځ چی نظر یا
Portuguese flag Portuguese: névoa Romanian flag Romanian: imagine neclară Russian flag Russian: расплывшиеся очертания
Slovak flag Slovak: rozmazaný obraz Slovenian flag Slovenian: medla slika Serbian flag Serbian: zamrljanost
Swedish flag Swedish: suddighet, någonting sudd Thai flag Thai: ความพร่ามัว Turkish flag Turkish: bulanıklık
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 模糊一片 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пляма; невиразні обриси Urdu flag Urdu: دھندلا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: mờ nhạt, cảnh mờ Chinese flag Chinese: 模糊一片

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