blur.
To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
Meaning & usage
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)
To become indistinct.
To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
To transfer the input focus away from.
To use a sign, image, expression, etc. sufficiently close to a trademarked one that it causes confusion between them.
Where this word comes from
From earlier blurre, probably an alteration of blear, from Middle English bleren, from Old English *blerian (attested in āblered (“made bare, made bald”)), from Proto-West Germanic *blaʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *blazjaną (“to make pale”), from Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“pale”). Compare Scots blore, bloar (“to blur, cover with blots”), Low German bleeroged (“blear-eyed”). More at blear.
A smear, smudge or blot.
Something that appears hazy or indistinct.
The surroundings went by in a blur.
Haziness, blurriness.
A moral stain or blot.
Where this word comes from
From earlier blurre, probably an alteration of blear, from Middle English bleren, from Old English *blerian (attested in āblered (“made bare, made bald”)), from Proto-West Germanic *blaʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *blazjaną (“to make pale”), from Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“pale”). Compare Scots blore, bloar (“to blur, cover with blots”), Low German bleeroged (“blear-eyed”). More at blear.
Lacking awareness; clueless or confused.
Where this word comes from
From earlier blurre, probably an alteration of blear, from Middle English bleren, from Old English *blerian (attested in āblered (“made bare, made bald”)), from Proto-West Germanic *blaʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *blazjaną (“to make pale”), from Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“pale”). Compare Scots blore, bloar (“to blur, cover with blots”), Low German bleeroged (“blear-eyed”). More at blear.
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