'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
Make a smudge on; soil by smudging [syn: smear, blur, smudge, smutch]
verb
Make dim or indistinct; "The fog blurs my vision" [syn: blur, blear] [ant: focalise, focalize, focus, sharpen]
verb
Become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" [syn: blur, dim, slur] [ant: focalise, focalize, focus]

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]

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