Blur

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  • intransitive verb. To make indistinct and hazy in outline or appearance; obscure.
  • intransitive verb. To make dim, unclear, or cloudy.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to be intellectually indistinguishable.
  • intransitive verb. To become visually indistinct.
  • intransitive verb. To be unclear or clouded.
  • intransitive verb. To become intellectually indistinguishable.
  • noun. Something that is hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A smudge or smear, such as that made by brushing writing or painting before it is dry; a blot which partially defaces or obscures.
  • noun. Figuratively, a blot, stain, or injury affecting character, reputation, and the like.
  • noun. A blurred condition; a dim, confused appearance; indistinctness.
  • To obscure or sully (a thing) with something which detracts from its fairness or beauty.
  • To sully; stain; blemish: as, to blur one's reputation.
  • To obscure without quite effacing; render indistinct; confuse and bedim, as the outlines of a figure.
  • To dim the perception or susceptibility of; make dull or insensible to impression: as, blurred eyesight; to blur the judgment.
  • To make blurs in writing.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused.
  • transitive verb. To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
  • transitive verb. To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
  • noun. That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance.
  • noun. A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision.
  • noun. A moral stain or blot.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
  • verb. To smear, stain or smudge.
  • verb. To become indistinct.
  • noun. A smear, smudge or blot
  • noun. Something that appears hazy or indistinct
  • noun. A moral stain or blot.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a hazy or indistinct representation
  • verb. become vague or indistinct
  • verb. make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
  • verb. make dim or indistinct
  • verb. make a smudge on; soil by smudging
  • verb. to make less distinct or clear
  • verb. become glassy; lose clear vision
  • Word Usage
    "Life is difficult and many of the symptoms of chronic pain blur and bleed into each other, he writes."
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