blur
verb/blɜː(r)/
/blɜːr/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they blur | /blɜː(r)/ /blɜːr/ |
| he / she / it blurs | /blɜːz/ /blɜːrz/ |
| past simple blurred | /blɜːd/ /blɜːrd/ |
| past participle blurred | /blɜːd/ /blɜːrd/ |
| -ing form blurring | /ˈblɜːrɪŋ/ /ˈblɜːrɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] if the shape or outline of something blurs, or if something blurs it, it becomes less clear and sharp
- The writing blurred and danced before his eyes.
- blur something The mist blurred the edges of the buildings.
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- [transitive, intransitive] blur (something) if something blurs your eyes or vision, or your eyes or vision blur, you cannot see things clearly
- Tears blurred her eyes.
- [intransitive, transitive] to become or make it become difficult to recognize a clear difference between things
- The differences between art and life seem to have blurred.
- The line between make-believe and reality became increasingly blurred.
- blur something She tends to blur the distinction between her friends and her colleagues.
- His work has blurred the boundaries between children’s and adults’ fiction.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘smear that partially obscures something)’.
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