blur
blur
(blɜːʳ )Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense blurs , present participle blurring , past tense, past participle blurred
1. countable noun
2. verb
When a thing blurs or when something blurs it, you cannot see it clearly because its edges are no longer distinct.
This creates a spectrum of colours at the edges of objects which blurs the image. [VERB noun]
If you move your eyes and your head, the picture will blur. [VERB]
blurred adjective
...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.
...her belief that scientists are trying to blur the distinction between 'how' and 'why' questions. [VERB noun]
The evidence is blurred by central banks' reluctance to reveal their blunders. [VERB noun]
blurred adjective
The line between fact and fiction is becoming blurred.
4. verb
Her eyes, behind her glasses, began to blur. [VERB]
Sweat ran from his forehead into his eyes, blurring his vision. [VERB noun]
blurred adjective
...visual disturbances like eye-strain and blurred vision.
