Blur Definition

blûr
blurred, blurring, blurs
verb
blurred, blurring, blurs
To smear or stain without obliterating; blot; smudge.
Webster's New World
To make or become hazy or indistinct in outline or shape.
Webster's New World
To make or become dim or dull.
Webster's New World
To cause to be intellectually indistinguishable.
New thinking has blurred the divisions between disciplines.
American Heritage
To become visually indistinct.
The faces blurred in the crowd.
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noun
blurs
The state of being blurred.
Webster's New World
An obscuring stain or blot.
Webster's New World
Anything indistinct or hazy to the sight or the mind.
Webster's New World
A moral stain.
Webster's New World

A smear, smudge or blot.

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Other Word Forms of Blur

Noun

Singular:
blur
Plural:
blurs

Origin of Blur

  • Probably akin to Middle English bleren to blear

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Cognate to blear, the verb is from the noun.

    From Wiktionary

Blur Sentence Examples

  • Tears made her vision blur again.

  • Reaching her car, she drove home in a blur of tears.

  • She looked away, outside, at the blur of snow as he continued.

  • She couldn't make out what was in the garden, but she heard the sounds of fountains and saw the dark green blur of a forest in the distance.

  • The afternoon was a blur as Dean's mind alternated between the task at hand and the sobering fact that he might be within miles, or perhaps yards, of Cynthia Byrne's missing husband.

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Words Starting With

BBLBLU

Words Ending With

RURLUR

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