Definitions for blear
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bleary, blear, bleary-eyed, blear-eyedverb

   tired to the point of exhaustion

2. blur, blearverb

   make dim or indistinct

   "The fog blurs my vision"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blearverb

   To make blurred or dim, especially the eyes.

2. blearadjective

   dim, unclear from water or rheum.

3. Etymology: Of uncertain origin.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BLEARadjective

   Etymology: blaer, a blister, Dutch.

   1. Dim with rheum or water; sore with rheum.

   It is an ancient tradition, that blear eyes affect sound eyes. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 923.

   It is no more in the power of calumny to blast the dignity of an honest man, than of the blear eyed owl to cast scandal on the sun. Roger L'Estrange.

   His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin;
   His beard was stubble, and his cheeks were thin. Dryden.

   When thou shalt see the blear ey’d fathers teach
   Their sons this harsh and mouldy sort of speech. Dryden.

   2. Dim; obscure in general; or that which makes dimness.

   Thus I hurl
   My dazling spells into the spungy air,
   Of power to cheat the eye with blear illusion,
   And give it false presentments. John Milton.

2. To Blearverb

   Etymology: from the adjective.

   1. To make the eyes watry, or sore with rheum.

   All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights
   Are spectacled to see him. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   The Dardanian wives,
   With bleared visages, come forth to view
   Th’ issue of th’ exploit. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   When I was young, I, like a lazy fool,
   Would blear my eyes with oil, to stay from school;
   Averse to pains. John Dryden, Persius, sat. iii.

   2. To dim the eyes.

   This may stand for a pretty superficial argument, to blear our eyes, and lull us asleep in security. Walter Raleigh, Essays.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Blear

   dim or sore with water or rheum; -- said of the eyes

2. Blear

   causing or caused by dimness of sight; dim

3. Blearverb

   to make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral perception); to blind; to hoodwink

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Blear

   blēr, adj. (as in Blear-eyed, blēr′-īd) sore or inflamed: dim or blurred with inflammation. [Low Ger. bleer-oged, 'blear-eyed.']

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of blear in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of blear in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2