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Blurry

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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.]

blurri·ness n.
blurry adj.
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Adj.1.blurry - indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes"
indistinct - not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"

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