blur

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Blur from extended photographic time exposure

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

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Verb [edit]

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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Noun [edit]

blur (plural blurs)

  1. A smear, smudge or blot
  2. Something that appears hazy or indistinct
    • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, The Dust of Conflict[1]:
      Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. Appleby could see it dimly, a blur of shadowy buildings with the ridge of roof parapet alone cutting hard and sharp against the clearing sky.
    • 2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, the Guardian:
      The fightback when it came was in the Federer fashion: unfussy, filled with classy strokes from the back with perfectly timed interventions at the net that confounded his opponent. The third set passed in a bit of a blur, the fourth, which led to the second tie-break, was the most dramatic of the match.
  3. (obsolete) A moral stain or blot.
    • Udall
      Lest she [] will with her railing set a great blur on mine honesty and good name.

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