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blurry - 3 dictionary results

blur⋅ry

  [blur-ee]
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–adjective -ri⋅er, -ri⋅est.
blurred; indistinct.
Origin:
blur + -y 1

Related forms:
blur⋅ri⋅ly, adverb
blur⋅ri⋅ness, noun
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blur   (blûr)   
v.   blurred, blur·ring, blurs

v.   tr.
  1. To make indistinct and hazy in outline or appearance; obscure.
  2. To smear or stain; smudge.
  3. To lessen the perception of; dim: "For street children . . . drugs offer the chance to blur their hopeless poverty" (Alma Guillermoprieto).
v.   intr.
  1. To become indistinct.
  2. To make smudges or stains by smearing.
n.  
  1. A smear or blot; a smudge.
  2. Something that is hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind.

[Probably akin to Middle English bleren, to blear.]
blur'ri·ness n., blur'ry adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Blurry

Blur"ry\ (bl[^u]r"r[y^]), a. Full of blurs; blurred.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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