blur

Plural: blurs

Noun

• a hazy or indistinct representation
  • "it happened so fast it was just a blur"
• A smear, smudge or blot.
• Something that appears hazy or indistinct.
• Haziness, blurriness.
• A moral stain or blot.

Verb

Verb Forms: blurred, blurring, blurs

• To make or become unclear or indistinct.
• become glassy; lose clear vision
• to make less distinct or clear
  • "The haze blurs the hills"
• make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
• make a smudge on; soil by smudging
• make dim or indistinct
  • "The fog blurs my vision"
• become vague or indistinct
  • "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
• To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
• To smear, stain or smudge.
• To become indistinct.
• To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
• To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
• To transfer the input focus away from.
• To use a sign, image, expression, etc. sufficiently close to a trademarked one that it causes confusion between them.

Adj

• Lacking awareness; clueless or confused.

Examples

• The late-night game made the letters on the Words With Friends board BLUR after a while.
• The surroundings went by in a blur.
• to blur a manuscript (by handling it while damp)
• to blur a photograph (by moving the camera while taking it)

Synonyms

blear, confuse, dim, film over, fuzz, glaze over, obnubilate, obscure, slur, smear, smudge, smutch, pixelate, smooth, unfocus

Antonyms

focus, sharpen

Anagrams of blur