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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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blur
(blɜː)vb, blurs, blurring or blurred
1. to make or become vague or less distinct: heat haze blurs the hills; education blurs class distinctions.
2. to smear or smudge
3. (tr) to make (the judgment, memory, or perception) less clear; dim
n
4. something vague, hazy, or indistinct
5. a smear or smudge
[C16: perhaps variant of blear]
ˈblurred adj
blurredly adv
ˈblurredness n
ˈblurriness n
ˈblurry adj
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blur
(blɜr)v. blurred, blur•ring,
n. v.t.
1. to obscure or make indistinct, as by smearing or staining: The fog blurred the outline of the car.
2. to obscure or sully by smearing or applying a smeary substance.
3. to dull the perception or susceptibility of: vision blurred by tears.
v.i. 4. to become indistinct.
5. to make blurs.
n. 6. a smudge or smear that obscures: a blur of smoke.
7. a blurred condition; indistinctness.
8. something seen or remembered indistinctly.
[1540–50; akin to blear]
blur′red•ly, adv.
blur′red•ness, n.
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blur
Past participle: blurred
Gerund: blurring
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| Noun | 1. |  blur - a hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz"internal representation, mental representation, representation - a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image |
| Verb | 1. | blur - become glassy; lose clear vision; "Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep" |
| 2. | blur - to make less distinct or clear; "The haze blurs the hills" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" focus - cause to converge on or toward a central point; "Focus the light on this image" | |
| 3. | blur - make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" confuse, confound - mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" muddy - cause to become muddy; "These data would have muddied the prediction" | |
| 4. | blur - make a smudge on; soil by smudging rub - move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" resmudge - smudge again dust - rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape; "The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image" | |
| 5. |  blur - make dim or indistinct; "The fog blurs my vision" | |
| 6. | blur - become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" efface, obliterate - remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" |
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blur
noun
1. haze, confusion, fog, obscurity, dimness, cloudiness, blear, blurredness, indistinctness Her face is a blur.
verb
1. become indistinct, soften, become vague, become hazy, become fuzzy If you move your eyes and your head, the picture will blur.
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blur
verbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
شيئٌ مُغَشّى واضِحٍيَغْشى، يُشَوِّش الرؤيَه
rozmazatrozostřitzastřítrozmazaný obraz
sløre
empañarhacer borrosoimagen borrosa/imprecisa
hämärtäähämärtyäsumentaasumentuatahra
gera óskÿrt, blindamóîa, móîusÿn
miglotas vaizdaspadaryti neaiškų
aizmiglotneskaidrs apveids
rozmazaný obrazzastrieť
bulan makbulanıklaş makbulanıklık
blur
[blɜːʳ]A. N (= shape) → contorno m borroso
everything is a blur when I take off my glasses → todo se vuelve borroso cuando me quito los lentes
the memory is just a blur → es un recuerdo muy vago
my mind was a blur → todo se volvió borroso en mi mente
everything is a blur when I take off my glasses → todo se vuelve borroso cuando me quito los lentes
the memory is just a blur → es un recuerdo muy vago
my mind was a blur → todo se volvió borroso en mi mente
B. VT
1. (= obscure) [+ writing] → borrar, hacer borroso; [+ outline] → desdibujar; [+ sight] → oscurecer, empañar
my eyes were blurred with tears → las lágrimas me enturbiaban la vista
my eyes were blurred with tears → las lágrimas me enturbiaban la vista
C. VI (= be obscured) → desdibujarse, volverse borroso
her eyes blurred with tears → las lágrimas le enturbiaban la vista
her eyes blurred with tears → las lágrimas le enturbiaban la vista
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
blur
[ˈblɜːr] vt
[+ image, picture] → brouiller, rendre flou(e); [+ vision] → troubler
to blur the distinction between → estomper la distinction entre, estomper la différence entre
to blur the distinction between → estomper la distinction entre, estomper la différence entre
vi [image] → se troubler
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
blur
n → verschwommener Fleck; the blur of their faces → ihre verschwommenen Gesichter; the trees became a blur → man konnte die Bäume nur noch verschwommen erkennen; a blur of colours (Brit) or colors (US) → ein buntes Durcheinander von Farben
vt
inscription → verwischen; writing also → verschmieren; view → verschleiern; outline, photograph → unscharf or verschwommen machen; sound → verzerren; to have blurred vision → nur noch verschwommen sehen; to be/become blurred → undeutlich sein/werden; (image etc also) → verschwommen sein/verschwimmen; her eyes were blurred with tears → ihre Augen schwammen in Tränen; the tape is blurred here → an dieser Stelle ist die Aufnahme verzerrt
(fig) senses, mind, judgement → trüben; memory also, meaning → verwischen; intention → in den Hintergrund drängen
vi (vision, image) → verschwommen werden, verschwimmen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
blur
[blɜːʳ]2. vt (writing) → rendere (quasi) illeggibile; (outline, sight, memory, judgment) → offuscare
3. vi (see vt) → diventare (quasi) illeggibile, offuscarsi
her eyes blurred with tears → gli occhi le si velarono di lacrime
her eyes blurred with tears → gli occhi le si velarono di lacrime
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
blur
(bləː) noun something not clearly seen. Everything is just a blur when I take my spectacles off.
verb – past tense, past participle blurred – to make or become unclear. The rain blurred my vision.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
blur
vt. empañar, nublar los ojos.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
blur
vi (pret & pp blurred; ger blurring) (one’s vision) nublarse, empañarseEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.