blurred
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blur
(blûr)v. blurred, blur·ring, blurs
v.tr.
1. To make indistinct and hazy in outline or appearance; obscure: The haze blurred the skyline.
2. To make dim, unclear, or cloudy: The smoke blurred my vision.
3. To cause to be intellectually indistinguishable: New thinking has blurred the divisions between disciplines.
v.intr.
1. To become visually indistinct: The faces blurred in the crowd.
2. To be unclear or clouded: His vision blurred as the drug took effect.
3. To become intellectually indistinguishable: TV commercials and shows seem to blur into one another.
n.
Something that is hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind.
[Probably akin to Middle English bleren, to blear.]
blur′ri·ness n.
blur′ry adj.
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| Adj. | 1. |  blurred - indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes"indistinct - not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do" |
| 2. | blurred - unclear in form or expression; "the blurred aims of the group"; "sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded"- H.G.Wells unclear - not clear to the mind; "the law itself was unclear on that point"; "the reason for their actions is unclear to this day" |
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blurred
adjective
1. indistinct, faint, vague, unclear, dim, fuzzy, misty, hazy, foggy, blurry, out of focus, ill-defined, lacking definition blurred black and white photographs
2. indistinct, vague, unclear, fuzzy, hazy, indistinguishable, nebulous, ill-defined, indiscernible The line between fact and fiction is becoming blurred.
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Translations
nejasen
blurred
[blɜːd] ADJ2. (fig) [memory] → borroso
to be/become blurred → estar/volverse borroso
class distinctions are becoming blurred → las diferencias de clase se están difuminando
to be/become blurred → estar/volverse borroso
class distinctions are becoming blurred → las diferencias de clase se están difuminando
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blurred
[blɜːd] adj (TV) → sfuocato/a; (photo) → mosso/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
blurred
a., pp. de to blur, borroso-a, nublado-a, empañado-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
blurred, blurry
adj nublado, borroso; — vision visión nublada or borrosaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.