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Definition of blur
1 : a smear or stain that obscures
2 : something vaguely or indistinctly perceived The words are just a blur without his glasses. The whole weekend is a blur to me.; especially : something moving or occurring too quickly to be clearly seen passed by in a blur of motion
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Recent Examples of blur from the Web
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Much of it remains a blur of mania exacerbated by drugs and alcohol.
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Meanwhile, lighting, shadow, weather, foliage, blur, and fur effects see the PlayStation 4's GPU cranked pretty highly.
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The man who had always been a blur of activity suddenly needed his daughter to help him out of bed.
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But navigating the world's most populous metropolitan area doesn't have to be a blur of neon and noise.
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Frank and Melissa spoke about this season showing the blur between entertainment and politics.
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Loyola sophomore forward Maggie Brett admitted the details of her game-winning goal against Evanston were initially a bit of a blur, which is how the lighting-quick Brett might have appeared to the Wildkits' defenders that night.
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THE TATTOOED FIGHTER Nothing blurs Tarek Muharram’s determination to fight Assad.
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Advocates note the current technology limits people to pixelated blurs on the footage — police can tell people are there and try to track them to an address, but not what a person looks like.
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Origin and Etymology of blur
perhaps akin to Middle English bleren to blear
blur
Definition of blur
blurred
;blurring
transitive verb
1 : to obscure or blemish by smearing windows blurred by fingerprints
2 : sully … an act that blurs the grace and blush of modesty. — Shakespeare
3 : to make dim, indistinct, or vague in outline or character His vision was blurred. digitally blur the edges of photographs bluring the line between fact and fiction
4 : to make cloudy or confused time had begun to blur her senses — W. A. White
intransitive verb
1 : to make blurs … the moths tapped and blurred at the window screen … — R. P. Warren
2 : to become vague or indistinct distinctions between the two are beginning to blur
Examples of blur in a Sentence
The tears in my eyes blurred the words on the page.
His novel is based on historical occurrences but it blurs the line between fact and fiction.
The two events have blurred together in my mind.
Recent Examples of blur from the Web
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SCHIAPARELLI'S LOVE OF ART TURNS DIAPHANOUS Elsa Schiaparelli has famously blurred the lines between fashion and art.
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Experiencing Love, onstage or on CD, in the gossip pages or on the Internet (where, most recently, she was bitterly railed against Morissette), one can’t help but notice that the line between her art and her life is hopelessly blurred.
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Because personal and professional boundaries are also blurred, Airbnb also faced discrimination complaints according to Arun Sundararajan, author of The Sharing Economy and NYU professor.
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But the dysfunction ran so deep that one incident blurred into the next.
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Apply color to the center of lips and brush outwards, blurring and blotting the edges for a very soft focus look.
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Those lines frequently are blurred, however, particularly during working fires and other emergencies that require more personnel.
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All the carpets had blurred into a sea of crimson knots.
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Alzabidi can be seen on the surveillance video, though his face is blurred, trying to cover up and protect himself.
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Origin and Etymology of blur
see 1blur
BLUR Defined for English Language Learners
blur
playDefinition of blur for English Language Learners
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: something that you cannot see clearly
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: something that is difficult to remember
blur
Definition of blur for English Language Learners
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: to make (something) unclear or difficult to see or remember
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: to become unclear or difficult to see or remember
BLUR Defined for Kids
Definition of blur for Students
1 : something that cannot be seen clearly The ball was moving so fast, all I saw was a blur.
2 : something that is difficult to remember By now, my summer vacation is a blur.
Definition of blur for Students
blurred
;blurring
1 : to make unclear or hard to see or remember Adjusting the lenses just blurred the image further.
2 : to make or become unclear or confused Time only blurred his memory of the incident.
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