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Blur

noun

A hazy or indistinct representation. Synonym: fuzz. "He tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz"

verb

(past & past part. blurred; pres. part. blurring)

Become glassy; lose clear vision. Synonyms: film over, glaze over.

To make less distinct or clear.

Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred. Synonyms: confuse, obnubilate, obscure. "Their words obnubilate their intentions"

Make a smudge on; soil by smudging. Synonyms: smear, smudge, smutch.

Make dim or indistinct. Synonym: blear.

Become vague or indistinct. Synonyms: dim, slur.

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"Blur" Quotes from Famous Books

... some cooking utensils he began to prepare breakfast. She watched him for an instant, and then went to the north window, rubbed a hole through the frost and tried to look out. She could not see more than a few inches into the white blur that roared against the glass, and so she turned, sought a chair near the table, and resumed watching Lawler. And her eyes filled with a warm light as they followed his movements—noting that he seemed handsomer now than he had appeared when she ...

— The Trail Horde • Charles Alden Seltzer

... they were silent, listening strainedly to the growing sounds of approach. There was the dull, unmistakable click of a hoof striking against a rock, the softer sound of treading on yielding soil. Then a blur of dark objects became visible, moving slowly and steadily toward ...

— The Heritage of the Sioux • B.M. Bower

... the crystal summit ridges delighted us as did the changing waters in the path of the steamer. Following immediately upon the transparency preserved to a depth of some eighty feet, a blur passed over the surface. This changed by imperceptible degrees to a light green. The green, again, speedily deepened, shading into a light blue; and finally, in deepest water (where the Lake is all but fathomless), ...

— The Lake of the Sky • George Wharton James

... edge of the lumber piles Bob looked back. The noises of industry were in his ears; the blur of industry before his eyes; the clean, sweet smell of pine in his nostrils. He saw clearly the row of ships and the many-jointed serpent of boards making its way to the hold, the sailors swinging aloft; the miles of ruminating brown ...

— The Rules of the Game • Stewart Edward White

... By now the white jacket was no more than a blur moving in that deep gloom. He cried again, ...

— The False Faces • Vance, Louis Joseph

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