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[ blur ] / blɜr / SEE SYNONYMS FOR blur ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), blurred, blur·ring.to obscure or sully (something) by smearing or with a smeary substance: The windows were blurred with soot. to obscure by making confused in form or outline; make indistinct: The fog blurred the outline of the car. 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.to become indistinct: Everything blurred as she ran. to make blurs. nouna smudge or smear that obscures: a blur of smoke. a blurred condition; indistinctness: They could see nothing in the foggy blur. something seen indistinctly: The ship appeared as a blur against the horizon. Origin of blurFirst recorded in 1540–50; akin to blear SYNONYMS FOR blur2 cloud, dim, darken, veil, mask. SEE SYNONYMS FOR blur ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM blurblur·red·ly [blur-id-lee, blurd-], /ˈblɜr ɪd li, ˈblɜrd-/, adverbblur·red·ness, nounblur·ring·ly, adverbun·blurred, adjectiveWords nearby blurblunger, Blunkett, blunt, blunt duct adenosis, blunthead, blur, Blu-ray, blurb, blurry, blurt, blurt out Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for blurPortrait Mode now gets Portrait Mode, so you can take pictures with simulated blur even in low-light. All the new gadgets and announcements from Google’s Pixel 5 release event|Stan Horaczek|September 30, 2020|Popular Science We had a chance to blur it, but you really need to feel the pain. The Dishonor of Honor Killings|Sara Stewart|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST As pioneers of experiential art, the duo wanted to blur the lines between reality and cartoonish fantasy. New York City’s New Mystery Art Piece|Sara Sayed|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST “It was like a blur,” Schottel told The Daily Beast on Wednesday. The Day Ferguson Cops Were Caught in a Bloody Lie|Michael Daly|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The blur proved to be from 12 hours after the incident anyway. The Day Ferguson Cops Were Caught in a Bloody Lie|Michael Daly|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Couture Week in Paris is a blur of highly-priced luxury, some of it luxe, some of it trashy-looking. What’s Haute, What’s Not: The Meaning of Modern Couture|Liza Foreman|July 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST The thrush, its body a blur of brown feathers, rose and fell in continuous attack. The Best Short Stories of 1915|Various With a definite purpose in her mind she was able to fight off again and again the blur of weakness that threatened her. The Heart of the Desert|Honor Willsie Morrow The engine banged away steadily, and the propellers left only a blur in the air as they kept whizzing around and around. The Rover Boys in the Air|Edward Stratemeyer His face was no more than a blur, and her unseen beauty was powerless to help her. Moor Fires|E. H. (Emily Hilda) Young It fell, whirling, glowing red—disappeared into the blur of darkness like a bit of heated metal plunged into water. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930|Various
British Dictionary definitions for blur
verb blurs, blurring or blurredto make or become vague or less distinctheat haze blurs the hills; education blurs class distinctions to smear or smudge (tr) to make (the judgment, memory, or perception) less clear; dim nounsomething vague, hazy, or indistinct a smear or smudge Derived forms of blurblurred, adjectiveblurredly (ˈblɜːrɪdlɪ, ˈblɜːd-), adverbblurredness, nounblurriness, noun blurry, adjective Word Origin for blurC16: perhaps variant of blear Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to blurdim, obscure, darken, muddy, soften, tarnish, smear, taint, blind, bedim, shade, blear, mask, dazzle, glare, daze, becloud, befog, blemish, spot |