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Definition of blur in English: blurverbblurred, blurs, blurring bləːblər Make or become unclear or less distinct. with object tears blurred her vision his novels blur the boundaries between criticism and fiction no object in front of him the page blurred Example sentencesExamples - The fact is that things look a lot rosier with this bag of weirdly-named innovators blurring genre boundaries.
- All the music in the production is performed by the actors, blurring the distinction between actor and musician.
- Her vision was blurring, her head still pounding from the screeching of the alarm which could be heard faintly in the distance.
- I like blurring the lines between environmental sounds and those that are digital.
- I took one look at them and ran back up to my room with tears blurring my vision.
- It is blurring the traditional distinctions between domestic and foreign policy.
- Back then, nobody had previously thought to dilute two huge individual reputations by blurring them in one event.
- Where did it come from, and why is it blurring the boundaries of spiritual and secular realms?
- The sublime views are definitely worth the climb but sadly, the further up we go the more my vision is blurring.
- After blurring the lines between good and evil so skillfully, this ending comes as a somewhat hollow conclusion.
- Mist had settled over the rolling hills like the veil of new tears, blurring the beautiful landscape.
- She looked at the letter but could not read it for the tears blurring her vision.
- This is pretty daring stuff, blurring the line between the erotic and the intimate.
- The grey seafog sweeps in, blurring the boundary between sea and land, disorientating anyone held in its spell.
- He is determined not to commit the past mistake of blurring the thin line between an actor and writer.
- We have all been guilty of it: blurring the lines between reality and fiction.
- And the war is not the only force challenging and blurring the traditional male role as the protector of women.
- I insisted that it was not possible to encourage excellence while at the same time blurring the definition of failure.
- It's more like a soap opera without a script, blurring the line between what is real and what is manufactured for the cameras.
- The line is blurring between the people who make things and the people who buy them.
Synonyms make indistinct, make vague, unfocus, soften obscure, dim, fade, make hazy, fog, cloud (over) literary bedim, befog, becloud archaic blear make vague, make unclear, make less distinct obscure, muddy, muddle, mix up, confuse, obfuscate, cloud, befog, garble, lessen, weaken muddy the waters become dim, become less sharp, dull, numb, deaden, lessen, decrease, diminish, reduce, mute, tone down indistinct, blurry, fuzzy, hazy, misty, foggy, shadowy, smoky, faint unclear, vague, indefinite, unfocused, obscure, lacking definition, ill-defined, out of focus, nebulous woolly, muzzy, bleary archaic blear
nounPlural blurs bləːblər 1A thing that cannot be seen or heard clearly. the pale blur of her face Example sentencesExamples - I couldn't hear enough to understand the blur of most questions.
- She looked up a saw a blur of pale skin swoosh down the hall and out of sight.
- Out of the corner of her eye she spotted a blur and turned towards it.
- Her loose white skirt is splayed upon the surface of the river, and when he opens his eyes he can see the white blur of her pale legs.
- The windows seemed like blurs of light streaking and painting the walls.
- He heard the blur say his name but wasn't paying any attention to the feminine voice.
- He cracked his knuckles and his fingers became blurs over the keyboard.
- Passing people just saw a blur and heard the sound of his jacket whipping the air behind him.
- In a pale blur she saw her father and mother standing at the foot of the bed.
- His fingers were blurs over the touch-screen and his eyes seemed to never stop moving.
- The stars turned to streaking blurs as they were hurled forward, Maia pushing the steering handles as far forward as they would go.
- Subtitles stack on top of subtitles until the screen is a blur of words.
- The face was a pale blur, but the voice was deep and rich and carried a definite hint of the Bronx.
- Through the white-hot blur he heard the girl scream, and the horse neigh loudly.
- Before I dive into a blur of words, I need you to listen to this guy.
- Pretty soon the words just became a blur, which was a definite sign that she was spacing out.
- Jim tries to read but even in glasses the words are a blur.
- Because of my anxiety the words were just a blur, so like most patients I just signed without reading.
- The door flew open suddenly and two naked blurs streaked past.
- The world around her remained a blur even as she heard his fading paw steps.
Synonyms indistinct shape, hazy shape, vague shape, something indistinct/hazy/vague, haze, cloud, mist, smear, smudge haziness, indistinctness, fogginess, murkiness, cloudiness - 1.1 Something remembered or perceived indistinctly, typically because it happened very fast.
the day before was a blur Example sentencesExamples - The whole first two days are a complete blur, I really can barely remember that.
- God, I wish I THOUGHT about what was going on then… who knows, I can only remember blurs… and Shane comes in.
- You barely get to see some of the areas you're going so fast - everything becomes a colorful blur!
- I remember the emergency room as a crowded blur and was so thankful that Deanna had everything prepared.
- It all seems like a blur now, but I do remember the important bits.
- The next few moments were a blur, but I remember seeing that we were at the very top.
- The next morning went by like a blur, and she faintly remembered a short conversation with him last night.
- The rest of his innings, before and after, will be remembered as a blur, a flurry of unreal machismo.
- She herself certainly doesn't remember how - another of those blurs of memory.
- He thought for a while, but everything was really a blur; he could not really remember anything.
- My brain does not work the same way as yours does, my life that I existed in seems a blur to me, I cant remember most bits.
- After almost eight years, it is all a blur but I can still remember this sense of community and belonging among the people.
- Our Michigan summer is a blur, but we followed that up the next summer with 6 weeks at UCLA.
- There's nothing substantive to latch onto - all I remember is a blur of lights, noise and sweaty torsos.
- The days and nights that followed were a blur of happiness, enjoyment and contentment.
- Everything has been a bit of a blur since the hospital hell.
- I remembered the heat like a dream, a blur of drunkenness and hangovers and sweat-tangled sheets.
- What followed was very much of a blur, but all I remember was this extreme pain as if my body was being ripped in two.
- The rest of the evening throughout the night was a fast blur as the maids scurried and everyone got ready to leave.
- My first two days in the hospital are a blur, but on the third my fever broke and I started to feel a little better.
adjectivebləː SE Asian (of a person) stupid, clumsy, or confused. it was kinda funny seeing how blur someone can be when having to do a task they have no clue about
Origin Mid 16th century (in the sense 'smear that partially obscures something'): perhaps related to blear. Rhymes à deux, agent provocateur, astir, auteur, aver, bestir, bon viveur, burr, Chandigarh, coiffeur, concur, confer, connoisseur, cordon-bleu, cri de cœur, cur, danseur, Darfur, defer, demur, de rigueur, deter, entrepreneur, er, err, farceur, faute de mieux, fir, flâneur, Fleur, force majeure, fur, hauteur, her, infer, inter, jongleur, Kerr, littérateur, longueur, masseur, Monseigneur, monsieur, Montesquieu, Montreux, murre, myrrh, occur, pas de deux, Pasteur, per, pisteur, poseur, pot-au-feu, prefer, prie-dieu, pudeur, purr, raconteur, rapporteur, refer, répétiteur, restaurateur, saboteur, sabreur, seigneur, Sher, shirr, sir, skirr, slur, souteneur, spur, stir, tant mieux, transfer, Ur, vieux jeu, voyageur, voyeur, were, whirr Definition of blur in US English: blurverbblərblər Make or become unclear or less distinct. with object tears blurred her vision his novels blur the boundaries between criticism and fiction no object as daylight waned, the pages blurred Example sentencesExamples - Back then, nobody had previously thought to dilute two huge individual reputations by blurring them in one event.
- Her vision was blurring, her head still pounding from the screeching of the alarm which could be heard faintly in the distance.
- It's more like a soap opera without a script, blurring the line between what is real and what is manufactured for the cameras.
- It is blurring the traditional distinctions between domestic and foreign policy.
- This is pretty daring stuff, blurring the line between the erotic and the intimate.
- The sublime views are definitely worth the climb but sadly, the further up we go the more my vision is blurring.
- She looked at the letter but could not read it for the tears blurring her vision.
- He is determined not to commit the past mistake of blurring the thin line between an actor and writer.
- Where did it come from, and why is it blurring the boundaries of spiritual and secular realms?
- I took one look at them and ran back up to my room with tears blurring my vision.
- We have all been guilty of it: blurring the lines between reality and fiction.
- And the war is not the only force challenging and blurring the traditional male role as the protector of women.
- The grey seafog sweeps in, blurring the boundary between sea and land, disorientating anyone held in its spell.
- Mist had settled over the rolling hills like the veil of new tears, blurring the beautiful landscape.
- All the music in the production is performed by the actors, blurring the distinction between actor and musician.
- The line is blurring between the people who make things and the people who buy them.
- I insisted that it was not possible to encourage excellence while at the same time blurring the definition of failure.
- After blurring the lines between good and evil so skillfully, this ending comes as a somewhat hollow conclusion.
- I like blurring the lines between environmental sounds and those that are digital.
- The fact is that things look a lot rosier with this bag of weirdly-named innovators blurring genre boundaries.
Synonyms indistinct, blurry, fuzzy, hazy, misty, foggy, shadowy, smoky, faint make indistinct, make vague, unfocus, soften make vague, make unclear, make less distinct become dim, become less sharp, dull, numb, deaden, lessen, decrease, diminish, reduce, mute, tone down
nounblərblər 1A thing that cannot be seen or heard clearly. the pale blur of her face Example sentencesExamples - The world around her remained a blur even as she heard his fading paw steps.
- His fingers were blurs over the touch-screen and his eyes seemed to never stop moving.
- In a pale blur she saw her father and mother standing at the foot of the bed.
- Passing people just saw a blur and heard the sound of his jacket whipping the air behind him.
- Through the white-hot blur he heard the girl scream, and the horse neigh loudly.
- The stars turned to streaking blurs as they were hurled forward, Maia pushing the steering handles as far forward as they would go.
- The face was a pale blur, but the voice was deep and rich and carried a definite hint of the Bronx.
- Her loose white skirt is splayed upon the surface of the river, and when he opens his eyes he can see the white blur of her pale legs.
- She looked up a saw a blur of pale skin swoosh down the hall and out of sight.
- Pretty soon the words just became a blur, which was a definite sign that she was spacing out.
- The door flew open suddenly and two naked blurs streaked past.
- He cracked his knuckles and his fingers became blurs over the keyboard.
- Out of the corner of her eye she spotted a blur and turned towards it.
- Because of my anxiety the words were just a blur, so like most patients I just signed without reading.
- I couldn't hear enough to understand the blur of most questions.
- Jim tries to read but even in glasses the words are a blur.
- The windows seemed like blurs of light streaking and painting the walls.
- Before I dive into a blur of words, I need you to listen to this guy.
- Subtitles stack on top of subtitles until the screen is a blur of words.
- He heard the blur say his name but wasn't paying any attention to the feminine voice.
Synonyms indistinct shape, hazy shape, vague shape, something hazy, something indistinct, something vague, haze, cloud, mist, smear, smudge - 1.1 An indistinct memory or impression of events, typically because they happened very fast.
the day before was a blur Example sentencesExamples - You barely get to see some of the areas you're going so fast - everything becomes a colorful blur!
- My first two days in the hospital are a blur, but on the third my fever broke and I started to feel a little better.
- He thought for a while, but everything was really a blur; he could not really remember anything.
- The next morning went by like a blur, and she faintly remembered a short conversation with him last night.
- The days and nights that followed were a blur of happiness, enjoyment and contentment.
- The rest of the evening throughout the night was a fast blur as the maids scurried and everyone got ready to leave.
- The next few moments were a blur, but I remember seeing that we were at the very top.
- I remembered the heat like a dream, a blur of drunkenness and hangovers and sweat-tangled sheets.
- It all seems like a blur now, but I do remember the important bits.
- The whole first two days are a complete blur, I really can barely remember that.
- After almost eight years, it is all a blur but I can still remember this sense of community and belonging among the people.
- There's nothing substantive to latch onto - all I remember is a blur of lights, noise and sweaty torsos.
- Everything has been a bit of a blur since the hospital hell.
- God, I wish I THOUGHT about what was going on then… who knows, I can only remember blurs… and Shane comes in.
- The rest of his innings, before and after, will be remembered as a blur, a flurry of unreal machismo.
- She herself certainly doesn't remember how - another of those blurs of memory.
- What followed was very much of a blur, but all I remember was this extreme pain as if my body was being ripped in two.
- My brain does not work the same way as yours does, my life that I existed in seems a blur to me, I cant remember most bits.
- Our Michigan summer is a blur, but we followed that up the next summer with 6 weeks at UCLA.
- I remember the emergency room as a crowded blur and was so thankful that Deanna had everything prepared.
Origin Mid 16th century (in the sense ‘smear that partially obscures something’): perhaps related to blear. |