ADJ
dim, faint, pale
The old photograph showed only a faint blur of figures in the background.
PREP
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Through the train window, she saw only a blur of green fields rushing past.
PHRASES
be all a (bit of a) blur/just a blur
The last few weeks of exam season were just a blur for me.
verb
To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
to blur a photograph (by moving the camera while taking it)
To smear, stain or smudge.
to blur a manuscript (by handling it while damp)
To become indistinct.
To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
His eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare.
To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, / But cannot blur my lost renown.
noun
A smear, smudge or blot.
Something that appears hazy or indistinct.
The surroundings went by in a blur.
Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. Appleby could see it dimly, a blur of shadowy buildings with the ridge of roof parapet alone cutting hard and sharp against the clearing sky.
Haziness, blurriness.
Unfortunately, a small artificial pupil also tends to increase the amount of diffraction somewhat, but this increase in blur is considerably smaller than the decrease that results from the control of other factors.
The second option (right-hand page) features a sharp background and a cyclist who appears as a smudge of blur.
A moral stain or blot.
[…]with her raillyng sette a great blurre on myne honesty
adj
Lacking awareness; clueless or confused.
If a Singaporean gets frustrated at your stupidity, he can scold you for being blur as sotong (clueless as a squid).
Even if you don't know, just pretend as if you know-lah Mike. You are embarrassing me you know. If you are so blur like this, how to accept you as my sidekick man?
To minimize or erode the distinction between two things.
David Gaddis feels comics and animation are distinct forms. "Comics are still images you move through actively, whereas animations are images you sit back and experience passively,
to blur a photograph (by moving the camera while taking it)
Wiktionaryto blur a manuscript (by handling it while damp)
WiktionaryHis eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare.
WiktionaryThe surroundings went by in a blur.
WiktionaryMaccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. Appleby could see it diml
WiktionaryThe fightback when it came was in the [Roger] Federer fashion: unfussy, filled with classy strokes from the back with perfectly timed interventions at the net that confounded his opponent. The third s
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In some senses, blur is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.