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–verb (used with object)

1.	to obscure or sully (something) by smearing or with a smeary substance: The windows were blurred with soot.

2.	to obscure by making confused in form or outline; make indistinct: The fog blurred the outline of the car.

3.	to dim the perception or susceptibility of; make dull or insensible: The blow on the head blurred his senses.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to become indistinct: Everything blurred as she ran.

5.	to make blurs.

–noun

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

7.	a blurred condition; indistinctness: They could see nothing in the foggy blur.

8.	something seen indistinctly: The ship appeared as a blur against the horizon.

[Origin: 1540–50; akin to blear

]

—Related forms

blur·red·ly

Audio Help [blur-id-lee, blurd-] Pronunciation Key, adverb

blur·red·ness, noun

blur·ring·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 2. cloud, dim, darken, veil, mask.

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blur Audio Help   (blûr) Pronunciation Key
v.   blurred, blur·ring, blurs

v.   tr.

To make indistinct and hazy in outline or appearance; obscure.
To smear or stain; smudge.
To lessen the perception of; dim: "For street children . . . drugs offer the chance to blur their hopeless poverty" (Alma Guillermoprieto).

v. intr.

[Probably akin to Middle English bleren, to blear.]

blur'ri·ness n., blur'ry adj.

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