Definition of blear in English:

blear

verb blɪəblɪr

[with object]archaic

Make dim; blur.
he bleared his eyes with books
Example sentencesExamples
- In the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins' evocative phrasing, ‘All is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil; and wears man's smudge and shares man's smell.’
- Despite the hopes earlier held out to him by the Wife, the Husband can now envisage no alternative to ruin and to the ultimate terror of beggary which, he later says, was the ‘thing I feared. / O, 'twas the enemy my eyes so bleared!’
- I honestly just couldn't read it, my eyes were blearing.
- I frowned as they departed, and turned to my mother and father, sadness blearing up my eyes.
- There she beheld another countenance, of a man well stricken in years, a pale, thin, scholar-like visage, with eyes dim and bleared by the lamplight that had served them to pore over many ponderous books.
- His vision bleared for the last second that he remembered before he fell and everything went black.
- She saw the door slam, the ghost evaporate, and the girl running until everything around her bleared into nothingness.
- Tears bleared my vision as I took every agonizing step, one at a time, through first the winding maze of the gardens, and then the dark corridors, lit only by the faint glow of a torch.
- She pursed her mouth, lipstick blearing like a squashed berry.
- Her vision bleared and she couldn't hear anything.
Synonyms
make indistinct, make vague, unfocus, soften

adjective blɪəblɪr

archaic

Dim, dull, or filmy.
a medicine to lay to sore and blear eyes
Example sentencesExamples
- They were almost transparent, blear beads of amber, slightly filmed with red; blood, a vampire's tears.
Synonyms
blurred, blurry, unfocused

Origin

Middle English (as a verb): probably related to Middle High German blerre 'blurred vision' and Low German blarroged 'bleary-eyed'.

Rhymes

adhere, Agadir, Anglosphere, appear, arrear, auctioneer, austere, balladeer, bandolier, Bashkir, beer, besmear, bier, bombardier, brigadier, buccaneer, cameleer, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, charioteer, cheer, chevalier, chiffonier, clavier, clear, Coetzee, cohere, commandeer, conventioneer, Cordelier, corsetière, Crimea, dear, deer, diarrhoea (US diarrhea), domineer, Dorothea, drear, ear, electioneer, emir, endear, engineer, fear, fleer, Freer, fusilier, gadgeteer, Galatea, gazetteer, gear, gondolier, gonorrhoea (US gonorrhea), Greer, grenadier, hand-rear, hear, here, Hosea, idea, interfere, Izmir, jeer, Judaea, Kashmir, Keir, kir, Korea, Lear, leer, Maria, marketeer, Medea, Meir, Melilla, mere, Mia, Mir, mishear, mountaineer, muleteer, musketeer, mutineer, near, orienteer, pamphleteer, panacea, paneer, peer, persevere, pier, Pierre, pioneer, pistoleer, privateer, profiteer, puppeteer, racketeer, ratafia, rear, revere, rhea, rocketeer, Sapir, scrutineer, sear, seer, sere, severe, Shamir, shear, sheer, sincere, smear, sneer, sonneteer, souvenir, spear, sphere, steer, stere, summiteer, Tangier, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, veneer, Vere, Vermeer, vizier, volunteer, Wear, weir, we're, year, Zaïre

Definition of blear in US English:

blear

verbblirblɪr

[with object]archaic

Make dim; blur.
you would blear your eyes with books
Example sentencesExamples
- In the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins' evocative phrasing, ‘All is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil; and wears man's smudge and shares man's smell.’
- She pursed her mouth, lipstick blearing like a squashed berry.
- Despite the hopes earlier held out to him by the Wife, the Husband can now envisage no alternative to ruin and to the ultimate terror of beggary which, he later says, was the ‘thing I feared. / O, 'twas the enemy my eyes so bleared!’
- There she beheld another countenance, of a man well stricken in years, a pale, thin, scholar-like visage, with eyes dim and bleared by the lamplight that had served them to pore over many ponderous books.
- Tears bleared my vision as I took every agonizing step, one at a time, through first the winding maze of the gardens, and then the dark corridors, lit only by the faint glow of a torch.
- I frowned as they departed, and turned to my mother and father, sadness blearing up my eyes.
- She saw the door slam, the ghost evaporate, and the girl running until everything around her bleared into nothingness.
- I honestly just couldn't read it, my eyes were blearing.
- Her vision bleared and she couldn't hear anything.
- His vision bleared for the last second that he remembered before he fell and everything went black.
Synonyms
make indistinct, make vague, unfocus, soften

adjectiveblirblɪr

archaic

Dim, dull, or filmy.
a medicine to lay to sore and blear eyes
Example sentencesExamples
- They were almost transparent, blear beads of amber, slightly filmed with red; blood, a vampire's tears.
Synonyms
blurred, blurry, unfocused

nounblirblɪr

archaic

A film over the eyes; a blur.
he forced his eyes open and shut to rid them of blear
Example sentencesExamples
- She woke up with a start and twelve menacing figures shimmered into focus as the blear left her eyes.
- The blear in his eyes receded like sea foam before the bow.

Origin

Middle English (as a verb): probably related to Middle High German blerre ‘blurred vision’ and Low German blarroged ‘bleary-eyed’.

单词	blear
释义	Definition of blear in English: blear verb blɪəblɪr [with object]archaic Make dim; blur. he bleared his eyes with books Example sentencesExamples In the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins' evocative phrasing, ‘All is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil; and wears man's smudge and shares man's smell.’ Despite the hopes earlier held out to him by the Wife, the Husband can now envisage no alternative to ruin and to the ultimate terror of beggary which, he later says, was the ‘thing I feared. / O, 'twas the enemy my eyes so bleared!’ I honestly just couldn't read it, my eyes were blearing. I frowned as they departed, and turned to my mother and father, sadness blearing up my eyes. There she beheld another countenance, of a man well stricken in years, a pale, thin, scholar-like visage, with eyes dim and bleared by the lamplight that had served them to pore over many ponderous books. His vision bleared for the last second that he remembered before he fell and everything went black. She saw the door slam, the ghost evaporate, and the girl running until everything around her bleared into nothingness. Tears bleared my vision as I took every agonizing step, one at a time, through first the winding maze of the gardens, and then the dark corridors, lit only by the faint glow of a torch. She pursed her mouth, lipstick blearing like a squashed berry. Her vision bleared and she couldn't hear anything. Synonyms make indistinct, make vague, unfocus, soften adjective blɪəblɪr archaic Dim, dull, or filmy. a medicine to lay to sore and blear eyes Example sentencesExamples They were almost transparent, blear beads of amber, slightly filmed with red; blood, a vampire's tears. Synonyms blurred, blurry, unfocused Origin Middle English (as a verb): probably related to Middle High German blerre 'blurred vision' and Low German blarroged 'bleary-eyed'. Rhymes adhere, Agadir, Anglosphere, appear, arrear, auctioneer, austere, balladeer, bandolier, Bashkir, beer, besmear, bier, bombardier, brigadier, buccaneer, cameleer, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, charioteer, cheer, chevalier, chiffonier, clavier, clear, Coetzee, cohere, commandeer, conventioneer, Cordelier, corsetière, Crimea, dear, deer, diarrhoea (US diarrhea), domineer, Dorothea, drear, ear, electioneer, emir, endear, engineer, fear, fleer, Freer, fusilier, gadgeteer, Galatea, gazetteer, gear, gondolier, gonorrhoea (US gonorrhea), Greer, grenadier, hand-rear, hear, here, Hosea, idea, interfere, Izmir, jeer, Judaea, Kashmir, Keir, kir, Korea, Lear, leer, Maria, marketeer, Medea, Meir, Melilla, mere, Mia, Mir, mishear, mountaineer, muleteer, musketeer, mutineer, near, orienteer, pamphleteer, panacea, paneer, peer, persevere, pier, Pierre, pioneer, pistoleer, privateer, profiteer, puppeteer, racketeer, ratafia, rear, revere, rhea, rocketeer, Sapir, scrutineer, sear, seer, sere, severe, Shamir, shear, sheer, sincere, smear, sneer, sonneteer, souvenir, spear, sphere, steer, stere, summiteer, Tangier, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, veneer, Vere, Vermeer, vizier, volunteer, Wear, weir, we're, year, Zaïre Definition of blear in US English: blear verbblirblɪr [with object]archaic Make dim; blur. you would blear your eyes with books Example sentencesExamples In the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins' evocative phrasing, ‘All is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil; and wears man's smudge and shares man's smell.’ She pursed her mouth, lipstick blearing like a squashed berry. Despite the hopes earlier held out to him by the Wife, the Husband can now envisage no alternative to ruin and to the ultimate terror of beggary which, he later says, was the ‘thing I feared. / O, 'twas the enemy my eyes so bleared!’ There she beheld another countenance, of a man well stricken in years, a pale, thin, scholar-like visage, with eyes dim and bleared by the lamplight that had served them to pore over many ponderous books. Tears bleared my vision as I took every agonizing step, one at a time, through first the winding maze of the gardens, and then the dark corridors, lit only by the faint glow of a torch. I frowned as they departed, and turned to my mother and father, sadness blearing up my eyes. She saw the door slam, the ghost evaporate, and the girl running until everything around her bleared into nothingness. I honestly just couldn't read it, my eyes were blearing. Her vision bleared and she couldn't hear anything. His vision bleared for the last second that he remembered before he fell and everything went black. Synonyms make indistinct, make vague, unfocus, soften adjectiveblirblɪr archaic Dim, dull, or filmy. a medicine to lay to sore and blear eyes Example sentencesExamples They were almost transparent, blear beads of amber, slightly filmed with red; blood, a vampire's tears. Synonyms blurred, blurry, unfocused nounblirblɪr archaic A film over the eyes; a blur. he forced his eyes open and shut to rid them of blear Example sentencesExamples She woke up with a start and twelve menacing figures shimmered into focus as the blear left her eyes. The blear in his eyes receded like sea foam before the bow. Origin Middle English (as a verb): probably related to Middle High German blerre ‘blurred vision’ and Low German blarroged ‘bleary-eyed’.
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