Definitions for blurblɜr

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

blurblɜr(v.; n.)blurred, blur•ring

  1. (v.t.)to obscure or make indistinct, as by smearing or staining:

    The fog blurred the outline of the car.

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

  3. to dull the perception or susceptibility of:

    vision blurred by tears.

  4. (v.i.)to become indistinct.

  5. to make blurs.

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

    a blur of smoke.

  7. a blurred condition; indistinctness.

  8. something seen or remembered indistinctly.

Origin of blur:

1540–50; akin to blear

blur′red•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. blur, fuzz(verb)

    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. film over, glaze over, blur(verb)

    become glassy; lose clear vision

    "Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep"

  3. blur(verb)

    to make less distinct or clear

    "The haze blurs the hills"

  4. confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate(verb)

    make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

    "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"

  5. smear, blur, smudge, smutch(verb)

    make a smudge on; soil by smudging

  6. blur, blear(verb)

    make dim or indistinct

    "The fog blurs my vision"

  7. blur, dim, slur(verb)

    become vague or indistinct

    "The distinction between the two theories blurred"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. blur(verb)ɜr

    to make or become less clear to see

    to blur the pencil line with your finger; The image blurred and then focused again.

  2. blurɜr

    to make a difference less obvious

    a game that blurs the line between real life and the computer world

Wiktionary

  1. blur(Noun)

    A smear, smudge or blot

  2. blur(Noun)

    Something that appears hazy or indistinct

  3. blur(Verb)

    To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.

  4. blur(Verb)

    To smear, stain or smudge.

  5. blur(Verb)

    To become indistinct.

  6. Origin: Cognate with to blear, the verb is from the noun.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Blur(verb)

    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

  2. Blur(verb)

    to cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken

  3. Blur(verb)

    to sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation

  4. Blur(noun)

    that which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance

  5. Blur(noun)

    a dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur

  6. Blur(noun)

    a moral stain or blot


Translations for blur

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

blur(noun)

something not clearly seen

Everything is just a blur when I take my spectacles off.

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