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Synonyms
blur (blûr)

[Probably akin to Middle English bleren, to blear.]

verb: blurred, blur·ring, blurs. 

transitive verb 

  1. To make indistinct and hazy in outline or appearance; obscure.
  2. To smear or stain; smudge.
  3. To lessen the perception of; dim: “For street children . . . drugs offer the chance to blur their hopeless poverty” (Alma Guillermoprieto)

intransitive verb 

  1. To become indistinct.
  2. To make smudges or stains by smearing.

noun 

  1. A smear or blot; a smudge.
  2. Something that is hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind.

derivatives

bluŕri·ness
noun
bluŕry
adjective