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noun

Blur n.

That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance. "As for those who cleanse blurs with blotted fingers, they make it worse."

A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur.

A moral stain or blot. "Lest she... will with her railing set a great blur on mine honesty and good name."

verb

Blur v. t. (past & past part. blurred; pres. part. blurring)

To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink. "But time hath nothing blurred those lines of favor Which then he wore."

To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken. "Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare."

To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation. "Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, But can not blur my lost renown."

Synonyms: To spot; blot; disfigure; stain; sully.

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Etymology of 'Blur'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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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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