That which obscures without effacing a stain a blot, as upon paper or other substance. To dim the perception or susceptibility of make dull or insensible to impression: as, blurred eyesight to blur the judgment.
To obscure without quite effacing render indistinct confuse and bedim, as the outlines of a figure. To sully stain blemish: as, to blur one's reputation. To obscure or sully (a thing) with something which detracts from its fairness or beauty. nounĪ blurred condition a dim, confused appearance indistinctness. nounįiguratively, a blot, stain, or injury affecting character, reputation, and the like. nounĪ smudge or smear, such as that made by brushing writing or painting before it is dry a blot which partially defaces or obscures. Something that is hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind. To become intellectually indistinguishable. To cause to be intellectually indistinguishable. Their songs include Girls and Boys and Parklife.To make indistinct and hazy in outline or appearance obscure. Blur Blur a British popular music group whose singer is Damon Albarn, and whose music is an example of Britpop. She tried to keep her blurred eyes focused on the sky.Problems with the mirrors blurred the telescope's view.His novels tend to blur the distinctions between reality and fantasy.
The show blurs the difference between education and entertainment.These all look like important questions but, once again, the methodology of state-centrism serves to blur rather than clarify the issues.Sin has certainly spoiled and blurred it, but man remains a reasoning, moral, creative creature.There was a lake and a sweep of land blurring into mountains.The glitter of the street-lights on the damp tarmac was blurred by the thickening fog.In the above account the distinction between changes in money wages and changes in real wages has been deliberately blurred.The difference between male and female roles within the house has become blurred.blurry adjective a few blurry photos of their holiday → blurred → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus blur The design of the conservatory is meant to blur the distinction between the house and the garden. 3 LIKE/SIMILAR to make the difference between two ideas, subjects etc less clear His films blur the boundaries between fact and fiction. 2 to be unable to see clearly Tears blurred her eyes. Many of the details in the picture are blurred. ○○ verb ( blurred, blurring ) 1 CLEAR/EASY TO SEE to become difficult to see, or to make something difficult to see, because the edges are not clear The street lights were blurred by the fog.Below, in the garden, she saw the blur of white.She could see nothing except a vivid scarlet blur, the colour of a London bus.Or perhaps this is just the wisdom of hindsight, a rosy blur of sentiment cast by nostalgia over the scene.He was unbelievably quick, his hands, feet blurs in the high roof wind.The rest of the tour goes by in a gray, drizzly blur.It was a blur, his crying, just like when you go to a hospital to get stitches.We are not content to leave the universe in a blur.2 REMEMBER something that you cannot remember clearly The days before the accident were a blur. The island was a blur through misty rain. ○○ noun 1 CF CLEAR/EASY TO SEE a shape that you cannot see clearly blur of I saw the blur of the car as it passed in front of me.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English blur blur 1 / blɜː $ blɜːr /
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