blur

== English == === Etymology === From earlier blurre, probably an alteration of blear, from Middle English bleren, from Old English *blerian (attested in āblered (“made bare, made bald”)), from Proto-West Germanic *blaʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *blazjaną (“to make pale”), from Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“pale”). Compare Scots blore, bloar (“to blur, cover with blots”), Low German bleeroged (“blear-eyed”). More at blear. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈblɜː/ (General American) IPA(key): /blɝ/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /blʌr/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /bløː/ (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /bleː/ (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /blɛː/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) Homophones: blare, Blair (both fair–fur merger) === Verb === blur (third-person singular simple present blurs, present participle blurring, simple past and past participle blurred) To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim. Synonyms: fuzz, pixelate, smooth To smear, stain or smudge. Synonyms: besmear, blot, tarnish; see also Thesaurus:dirty (intransitive) To become indistinct. To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken. (obsolete, transitive) To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation. Synonyms: blemish, libel, slander; see also Thesaurus:defame (graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus away from. Synonym: unfocus (copyright law) To use a sign, image, expression, etc. sufficiently close to a trademarked one that it causes confusion between them. ==== Antonyms ==== sharpen ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === blur (countable and uncountable, plural blurs) A smear, smudge or blot. Something that appears hazy or indistinct. (uncountable) Haziness, blurriness. (obsolete) A moral stain or blot. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === blur (comparative more blur, superlative most blur) (Singlish, Manglish) Lacking awareness; clueless or confused. === Anagrams === Burl, burl