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. To smear, stain or smudge. (intransitive) To become indistinct. To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken. (obsolete, transitive) To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation. (graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus away from. (copyright law) To use a sign, image, expression, etc. sufficiently close to a trademarked one that it causes confusion between them. ==== Synonyms ==== (make indistinct or hazy): pixelate, smooth, fuzz (move input focus from): unfocus ==== 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