- blur
- [[t]blɜ͟ː(r)[/t]]
blurs, blurring, blurred1) N-COUNT: oft N of n A blur is a shape or area which you cannot see clearly because it has no distinct outline or because it is moving very fast.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw a blur of movement on the other side of the glass...
Her face is a blur.
2) V-ERG When a thing blurs or when something blurs it, you cannot see it clearly because its edges are no longer distinct.[V n] This creates a spectrum of colours at the edges of objects which blurs the image...
If you move your eyes and your head, the picture will blur.
Syn:Derived words:blurred ADJ-GRADED...blurred black and white photographs.
3) VERB If something blurs an idea or a distinction between things, that idea or distinction no longer seems clear.[V n] ...her belief that scientists are trying to blur the distinction between `how' and `why' questions...
[V n] The evidence is blurred by central banks' reluctance to reveal their blunders.
Syn:Derived words:blurred ADJ-GRADEDThe line between fact and fiction is becoming blurred.
4) V-ERG If your vision blurs, or if something blurs it, you cannot see things clearly.Her eyes, behind her glasses, began to blur...
[V n] Sweat ran from his forehead into his eyes, blurring his vision.
Derived words:blurred ADJ-GRADED...visual disturbances like eye-strain and blurred vision.
English dictionary. 2008.
