blur

verb

1. 1

   To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.

   to blur a photograph (by moving the camera while taking it)

   As we saw in the case of Lukács, it is characteristic of this tradition to blur the distinction between foreseeing the future and creating it.

2. 2

   To smear, stain or smudge.

   to blur a manuscript (by handling it while damp)

3. 3

   To become indistinct.

4. 4

   To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.

   His eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare.

5. 5

   obsoleteTo sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.

   Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, / But cannot blur my lost renown.

6. 6

   To transfer the input focus away from.

   Then give this box focus to blur the first one: […]

   These form elements need to have an onFocus event handler to blur the current focus.

   Blurring one window and focusing on another window yields the same result of sending the window to the back of the pile.

   A manual way to blur a text object is to press the Tab key, which advances focus to the next field in order and removes it from the current field (blurring it).

7. 7

   To use a sign, image, expression, etc. sufficiently close to a trademarked one that it causes confusion between them.

noun

1. 1

   A smear, smudge or blot.

2. 2

   Something that appears hazy or indistinct.

   The surroundings went by in a blur.

   Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. Appleby could see it dimly, a blur of shadowy buildings with the ridge of roof parapet alone cutting hard and sharp against the clearing sky.

   The fightback when it came was in the [Roger] Federer fashion: unfussy, filled with classy strokes from the back with perfectly timed interventions at the net that confounded his opponent. The third set passed in a bit of a blur, the fourth, which led to the second tie-break, was the most dramatic of the match.

3. 3

   Haziness, blurriness.

   Unfortunately, a small artificial pupil also tends to increase the amount of diffraction somewhat, but this increase in blur is considerably smaller than the decrease that results from the control of other factors.

   The second option (right-hand page) features a sharp background and a cyclist who appears as a smudge of blur.

   Selectively applying blur to the edges can give the impression of a toy camera or a tilt-shift lens.

4. 4

   obsoleteA moral stain or blot.

   […]with her raillyng sette a great blurre on myne honesty

adjective

1. 1

   Lacking awareness; clueless or confused.

   If a Singaporean gets frustrated at your stupidity, he can scold you for being blur as sotong (clueless as a squid).

   Even if you don't know, just pretend as if you know-lah Mike. You are embarrassing me you know. If you are so blur like this, how to accept you as my sidekick man?

Forms

plural

blurs

comparative

more blur

superlative

most blur

past tense

blurred

past participle

blurred

present participle

blurring

third person singular

blurs