blur (verb)
1blur — ► VERB (blurred, blurring) ▪ make or become unclear or less distinct. ► NOUN ▪ something that cannot be seen, heard, or recalled clearly. DERIVATIVES blurry adjective (blurrier, blurriest) …
2blur — verb (blurs, blurring, blurred) make or become unclear or less distinct. noun something that cannot be seen, heard, or recalled clearly. Derivatives blurry adjective (blurrier, blurriest). Origin C16 (in the sense smear ): perh. related to blear …
3blur — I UK [blɜː(r)] / US [blɜr] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms blur : present tense I/you/we/they blur he/she/it blurs present participle blurring past tense blurred past participle blurred 1) if a thing blurs, or if something blurs it, it… …
4blur — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dim, faint, pale ▪ The object was a dim blur in the moonlight. PREPOSITION ▪ blur of …
5blur — blur1 [ blɜr ] verb intransitive or transitive 1. ) if a thing blurs, or something blurs it, it becomes difficult to see it clearly, often because its edges are not clear: With eyesight as poor as mine, faces blur into featureless ovals. The… …
6blur — [[t]blɜ͟ː(r)[/t]] blurs, blurring, blurred 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A blur is a shape or area which you cannot see clearly because it has no distinct outline or because it is moving very fast. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a blur of movement on …
7blur — 1 noun (singular) 1 (C) a shape that you cannot see clearly: Everything s a blur without my glasses. | the blur of headlights in the distance 2 an unclear memory of something: The events of that day gradually became a blur in her mind. 2 verb 1… …
8blur — [blɜː] verb [I/T] I 1) to become less clear, or to make something less clear The letters blurred together on the page.[/ex] 2) if the difference between two things blurs, or if something blurs it, they become more similar The law seems to blur… …
9blur — [c]/blɜ / (say bler) verb (blurred, blurring) –verb (t) 1. to obscure or sully as by smearing with ink, etc. 2. to obscure by making confused in form or outline; make indistinct: *There is a small trickle of blood already blurred by rain. –thea… …
10blur — 1. verb 1) tears blurred her vision Syn: cloud, fog, obscure, dim, make hazy, unfocus, soften; literary bedim; archaic blear Ant: sharpen, focus 2) movies blur the difference between villains and victims …