blur

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[edit] English

Blur from extended photographic time exposure

[edit] Etymology

Cognate with to blear, the verb is from the noun.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /blɜː/

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to blur

Third person singular
blurs

Simple past
blurred

Past participle
blurred

Present participle
blurring

to blur (third-person singular simple present blurs, present participle blurring, simple past and past participle blurred)

  1. To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
  2. To smear, stain or smudge.
  3. (intransitive) To become indistinct.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
blur

Plural
blurs

blur (plural blurs)

  1. A smear, smudge or blot
  2. Something that appears hazy or indistinct

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