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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.

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

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blurri·ness n.

blurry adj.

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blur

Verb

[blurring, blurred]

1. to make or become vague or less distinct

2. to smear or smudge

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

Noun

1. something vague, hazy, or indistinct

2. a smear or smudge [perhaps variant of blear]

blurred adj
blurry adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	blur - a hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz" fuzz internal representation, mental representation, representation - a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
Verb	1.	blur - become glassy; lose clear vision; "Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep" film over, glaze over
	2.	blur - to make less distinct or clear; "The haze blurs the hills" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" focus - cause to converge on or toward a central point; "Focus the light on this image"
	3.	blur - make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" obnubilate, obscure, confuse alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" confuse, confound - mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" muddy - cause to become muddy; "These data would have muddied the prediction"
	4.	blur - make a smudge on; soil by smudging smudge, smutch, smear rub - move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" resmudge - smudge again dust - rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape; "The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image"
	5.	blur - make dim or indistinct; "The fog blurs my vision" blear alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" focalise, focalize, sharpen, focus - put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie"
	6.	blur - become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" slur, dim weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" efface, obliterate - remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" focalise, focalize, focus - become focussed or come into focus; "The light focused"

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blur

noun 1. haze, confusion, fog, obscurity, dimness, cloudiness, blear, blurredness, indistinctness

verb 2. become indistinct, soften, become vague, become hazy, become fuzzy

verb 3. obscure, make indistinct, mask, soften, muddy, obfuscate, make vague, befog, make hazy

Translations

blur [bləːʳ] n → aspecto borroso

vt [+ vision] → enturbiar [+ memory]; empañar

blur [bləːʳ] n (= shape);

to become a blur → devenir flou vt → brouiller, rendre flou(e)

blur [bləːʳ] n (shape) → verschwommener Fleck m;

(scene etc) → verschwommenes Bild nt;

(memory) → verschwommene Erinnerung f

vt (vision) → trüben;

(distinction) → verwischen

blur [bləːʳ] n → cosa offuscata

vt → offuscare

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blur

n blur [bləː]

something not clearly seen Everything is just a blur when I take my spectacles off. vaagheid شيئٌ مُغَشّى/ غير واضِحٍ неясно петно rozmazaný obraz sløret plet; tåget syn die Verschwommenheit θολούρα imagen borrosa/imprecisa ähmasus مات؛ کدر hämäryys, sumu image floue מְטוּשטַש धुंधला mutnoća folt kabur móða, móðusÿn offuscamento, visione confusa/offuscata ぼやけた状態 흐릿함 miglotas vaizdas neskaidrs apveids kabur wazig beeld det som flyter sammen, uskarpt/tåkete syn nieostry obraz névoa imagine neclară расплывшиеся очертания rozmazaný obraz medla slika zamrljanost suddighet, någonting suddigt ความพร่ามัว bulanıklık 模糊一片 пляма; невиразні обриси دھندلا mờ nhạt, cảnh mờ 模糊一片

v – past tense, past participle blurred –

to make or become unclear The rain blurred my vision. vervaag يَغْشى، يُشَوِّش الرؤيَه зацапвам rozmazat, zastřít sløre verwischen θολώνω empañar, hacer borroso ähmaseks tegema, ähmastuma نامشخص شدن؛ کدر کردن sumentaa brouiller לְטַשטֵש, לְהִטַשטֵש @@@לְהִיטַשטֵש$$$ धुंधला करना zamagliti elhomályosít mengaburkan gera óskÿrt, blinda annebbiare, rendere confuso ぼやけさせる _흐릿하게 하다 padaryti neaiškų aizmiglot (skatienu) mengaburi (doen) vervagen gjøre uklar, viske ut zamazać enevoar a estompa расплываться rozmazať, zastrieť zamegliti zamutiti göra suddig (otydlig) ทำให้พร่ามัว bulan(dır)mak, bulanıklaş(tır)mak 把...弄得模糊不清 зробити неясним; затьмарити دھندلانا làm mờ đi 把（视线）弄得模糊不清