[usuallysing.]
1 a shape that you cannot see clearly, often because it is moving too fast:
His arm was a rapid blur of movement as he struck. * Everything is a blur when I take my glasses off.
2 something that you cannot remember clearly:
The events of that day were just a blur.
verb (-rr-)
1 if the shape or outline of sth blurs, or if sth blurs it, it becomes less clear and sharp:
[V] The writing blurred and danced before his eyes. * [VN] The mist blurred the edges of the buildings.
2 if sth blurs your eyes or vision, or your eyes or vision blur, you cannot see things clearly:
[VN] Tears blurred her eyes. [also V]
3 to become or make sth become difficult to distinguish clearly:
[V] The differences between art and life seem to have blurred. * [VN] She tends to blur the distinction between her friends and her colleagues.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for blur is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is blur a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, blur is tagged as noun.
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