'Blear' definitions:

Definition of 'blear'

From: WordNet
adjective
Tired to the point of exhaustion [syn: bleary, blear, bleary-eyed, blear-eyed]
verb
Make dim or indistinct; "The fog blurs my vision" [syn: blur, blear] [ant: focalise, focalize, focus, sharpen]

Definition of 'Blear'

From: GCIDE
  • Blear \Blear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bleared; p. pr. & vb. n. Blearing.] [OE. bleren; cf. Dan. plire to blink, Sw. plira to twinkle, wink, LG. plieren; perh. from the same root as E. blink. See Blink, and cf. Blur.] To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral perception); to blind; to hoodwink. [1913 Webster]
  • That tickling rheums Should ever tease the lungs and blear the sight. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • To blear the eye of, to deceive; to impose upon. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Blear'

From: GCIDE
  • Blear \Blear\, a. [See Blear, v.]
  • 1. Dim or sore with water or rheum; -- said of the eyes. [1913 Webster]
  • His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Causing or caused by dimness of sight; dim. [1913 Webster]
  • Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

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