blurry
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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•ry
(ˈblɜr i)adj. -ri•er, -ri•est.
blurred; indistinct.
blur′ri•ly, adv.
blur′ri•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | blurry - 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" |
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