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blur

[ blur ]

verb (used with object)

, blurred, blur·ring.
  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.

    Synonyms: mask, veil, darken, dim, cloud

  3. to dim the perception or susceptibility of; make dull or insensible:

    The blow on the head blurred his senses.



verb (used without object)

, blurred, blur·ring.
  1. to become indistinct:

    Everything blurred as she ran.

  2. to make blurs.

noun

  1. a smudge or smear that obscures:

    a blur of smoke.

  2. a blurred condition; indistinctness:

    They could see nothing in the foggy blur.

  3. something seen indistinctly:

    The ship appeared as a blur against the horizon.

blur

/ ˈblɜːd-; ˈblɜːrɪdlɪ; blɜː /

verb

  1. to make or become vague or less distinct

    heat haze blurs the hills

    education blurs class distinctions

  2. to smear or smudge
  3. tr to make (the judgment, memory, or perception) less clear; dim


noun

  1. something vague, hazy, or indistinct
  2. a smear or smudge

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Derived Forms

  • ˈblurred, adjective
  • ˈblurry, adjective
  • ˈblurredness, noun
  • blurredly, adverb
  • ˈblurriness, noun

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Other Words From

  • blur·red·ly [blur, -id-lee, blurd, -], adverb
  • blurred·ness noun
  • blurring·ly adverb
  • un·blurred adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of blur1

First recorded in 1540–50; akin to blear

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Word History and Origins

Origin of blur1

C16: perhaps variant of blear

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Example Sentences

Wall is a full-speed dude, a blur, who has been forced to slow down, be patient, evolve.

To protect the identities of activists and other users on its messaging app, Signal added a simple-to-wield blur tool that automatically reads faces on images and pixelates them.

I tested the 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max side by side in difficult lowlight scenes and could feel how the Max captured the same shot in less exposure time, reducing the chance of blur.

A longer response time means more motion blur, which can really mess up gameplay.

Portrait Mode now gets Portrait Mode, so you can take pictures with simulated blur even in low-light.

We had a chance to blur it, but you really need to feel the pain.

Such photos generally blur into the sameness of routine, but this particular one is unexpectedly stirring.

As pioneers of experiential art, the duo wanted to blur the lines between reality and cartoonish fantasy.

“It was like a blur,” Schottel told The Daily Beast on Wednesday.

The blur proved to be from 12 hours after the incident anyway.

A horse or a tree or a clump of brush loomed up grotesquely in the vaporous blur.

It was then that he straightened away from her and looked without seeing at the blur of light which was the phonograph.

It had been wrapped around the Baby, of whom she never thought without a pang and a blur before her eyes.

Beneath them was a blur of whirling white; ahead was an upthrust mountain range upon which they were driving.

But the time is not wasted; the conspectus is always good, and the blur that remains on the mind is probably just enough.

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