blur
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Cognate with to blear, the verb is from the noun.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /blɜr/
Verb [edit]
blur (third-person singular simple present blurs, present participle blurring, simple past and past participle blurred)
- To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
- To smear, stain or smudge.
- (intransitive) To become indistinct.
Translations [edit]
make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
smear, stain or smudge
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become indistinct
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Noun [edit]
blur (plural blurs)
- A smear, smudge or blot
- 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.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, The Dust of Conflict[1]:
- (obsolete) A moral stain or blot.
- Udall
- Lest she […] will with her railing set a great blur on mine honesty and good name.
- Udall
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
A smear, smudge or blot
Something that appears hazy or indistinct
