blur

(blûr)

1. To make indistinct and hazy in outline or appearance; obscure.
2. To smear or stain; smudge.
3. To lessen the perception of; dim: “For street children . . . drugs offer the chance to blur their hopeless poverty” (Alma Guillermoprieto).

1. To become indistinct.
2. To make smudges or stains by smearing.

1. A smear or blot; a smudge.
2. Something that is hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind.

Related Forms:

• blurˈri·ness noun

• blurˈry adjective