Blur
[blɜː] or [blɝ]
Definition
(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'.
(verb.) become vague or indistinct; 'The distinction between the two theories blurred'.
(verb.) make dim or indistinct; 'The fog blurs my vision'.
(verb.) to make less distinct or clear; 'The haze blurs the hills'.
Checker: Roy--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
(v. t.) To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
(n.) That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance.
(n.) A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur.
(n.) A moral stain or blot.
Checked by Jeannette
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Blot, stain, spot, blemish, soil, tarnish, defect.
v. a. [1]. Obscure, darken.[2]. Tarnish, stain, blot, sully, spot, blemish.
Editor: Matt
Definition
n. a blot stain or spot.—v.t. to blot stain obscure or blemish (with out over):—pr.p. blur′ring; pa.p. blurred.
Inputed by Brice
Examples
- As we looked, we saw a dark blur moving across the blind. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The turnpike lamp was a blur, quite out of the lamp's usual place apparently, and its rays looked solid substance on the fog. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The two measured each other for a moment, but Lily still saw her opponent through a blur of scorn that made all other considerations indistinct. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Biddy cried; the darkening garden, and the lane, and the stars that were coming out, were blurred in my own sight. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And there, on the margin of the page, were the partially blurred imprints of four wee fingers and the outer half of the thumb. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The myriad noises of the jungle seemed far distant and hushed to a mere echo of blurred sounds, rising and falling like the surf upon a remote shore. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It's a steamer, Miss Abbey,' cried one blurred figure in the fog. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In consequence objects look blurred. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The mark was not yet blurred out by the rain--and the girl's boot fitted it to a hair. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- High above this to the right, and much nearer thitherward than the Quiet Woman Inn, the blurred contour of Rainbarrow obstructed the sky. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Sergeant Cuff looked for the last time at the foot-marks on the sand, which the rain was now fast blurring out. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- His joy was so deep that this blurring of the surface left its essence untouched; but he would have liked to keep the surface pure too. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Wordsworth at times postponed the description of a scene that appealed to his poetic fancy with the express purpose of blurring the outlines, but enhancing the personal factor. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Editor: Vince