'Blur' definitions:
Definition of 'blur'
(from WordNet)
noun
A hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz" [syn: blur, fuzz]
verb
Become glassy; lose clear vision; "Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep" [syn: film over, glaze over, blur]
verb
To make less distinct or clear; "The haze blurs the hills" [ant: focus]
verb
Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" [syn: confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate]
verb
verb
Make dim or indistinct; "The fog blurs my vision" [syn: blur, blear] [ant: focalise, focalize, focus, sharpen]
verb
Definition of 'Blur'
From: GCIDE
- Blur \Blur\ (bl[^u]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blurred (bl[^u]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Blurring.] [Prob. of same origin as blear. See Blear.]
- 1. To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink. [1913 Webster]
- But time hath nothing blurred those lines of favor Which then he wore. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken. [1913 Webster]
- Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare. --J. R. Drake. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation. [1913 Webster]
- Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, But can not blur my lost renown. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To spot; blot; disfigure; stain; sully. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Blur'
From: GCIDE
- Blur \Blur\ (bl[^u]r), n.
- 1. That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance. [1913 Webster]
- As for those who cleanse blurs with blotted fingers, they make it worse. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A moral stain or blot. [1913 Webster]
- Lest she . . . will with her railing set a great blur on mine honesty and good name. --Udall. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'blur'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aspersion,
- attaint,
- badge of infamy,
- bar sinister,
- baton,
- becloud,
- bedaub,
- bedim,
- befog,
- bend sinister,
- besmear,
- besmirch,
- besmoke,
- bestain,
- black eye,
- black mark,
- blacken,
- blear,
- bleariness,
- bloodstain,
- blot,
- blotch,
- blur distinctions,
- blurriness,
- brand,
- broad arrow,
- censure,
- champain,
- cloud,
- cloudiness,
- conceal,
- confound,
- confuse,
- dab,
- darken,
- darkness,
- daub,
- defocus,
- deform,
- dim,
- dimness,
- dirty,
- discolor,
- disorder,
- disparagement,
- distort,
- efface,
- eyesore,
- faintness,
- feebleness,
- film,
- filminess,
- fleck,
- flick,
- flyspeck,
- fog,
- fog up,
- fogginess,
- fuzz,
- fuzziness,
- half-visibility,
- haze,
- haziness,
- hide,
- imputation,
- indefiniteness,
- indistinctness,
- indistinguishability,
- jumble,
- jumble together,
- lose resolution,
- low profile,
- macula,
- maculation,
- macule,
- mark,
- mark of Cain,
- mask,
- mess up,
- mist,
- mistiness,
- mix,
- muddle,
- muddy,
- obfuscate,
- obscure,
- obscurity,
- odium,
- onus,
- overlook distinctions,
- pale,
- paleness,
- patch,
- pillorying,
- point champain,
- reflection,
- reprimand,
- reproach,
- scorch,
- sear,
- semivisibility,
- shadowiness,
- singe,
- slubber,
- slur,
- smear,
- smirch,
- smoke,
- smouch,
- smudge,
- smut,
- smutch,
- soft focus,
- soften,
- soil,
- spatter,
- speck,
- speckle,
- splash,
- splatter,
- splotch,
- spot,
- stain,
- stigma,
- stigmatism,
- stigmatization,
- stigmatize,
- taint,
- tar,
- tarnish,
- tumble,
- uncertainty,
- unclearness,
- unform,
- unplainness,
- unshape,
- vague appearance,
- vagueness,
- veil,
- weaken,
- weakness