blur
See also: Blur
English
Etymology
From earlier blurre, probably an alteration of blear, from Middle English bleren, from Old English *blerian. Compare Scots blore, bloar (“to blur, cover with blots”). More at blear.
Pronunciation
Verb
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 blur a photograph by moving the camera while taking it
- To smear, stain or smudge.
- to blur a manuscript by handling it while damp
- (intransitive) To become indistinct.
- To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
- (Can we date this quote by J. R. Drake and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare.
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- (obsolete, transitive) To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
- (graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus away from.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Pollock, JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide, Second Edition (page 175)
- Then give this box focus to blur the first one: […]
- 2001, Martin Webb, Michel Plungjan, Keith Drakard, Instant JavaScript (page 678)
- These form elements need to have an onFocus event handler to blur the current focus.
- 2007, Danny Goodman, JavaScript Bible, page 273:
- Blurring one window and focusing on another window yields the same result of sending the window to the back of the pile.
- 2010, Chuck Easttom, Advanced Javascript, page 329:
- A manual way to blur a text object is to press the Tab key, which advances focus to the next field in order and removes it from the current field (blurring it).
- (Can we date this quote?) John Pollock, JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide, Second Edition (page 175)
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim
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smear, stain or smudge
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become indistinct
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Noun
blur (plural blurs)
- A smear, smudge or blot
- Something that appears hazy or indistinct
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, in 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”, in The Guardian[2], archived from the original on 15 November 2016:
- The fightback when it came was in the [Roger] 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.
- (obsolete) A moral stain or blot.
- (Can we date this quote by Nicholas Udall and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Lest she […] will with her railing set a great blur on mine honesty and good name.
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Derived terms
Translations
A smear, smudge or blot
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Something that appears hazy or indistinct
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Adjective
blur (comparative more blur, superlative most blur)
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