blur
pronunciation
How to pronounce blur in British English:
UK [blɜː(r)]
How to pronounce blur in American English:
US [blɜːr]
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- Noun:
- a hazy or indistinct representation
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- Verb:
- become glassy; lose clear vision
- to make less distinct or clear
- make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- make dim or indistinct
- become vague or indistinct
Word Origin
- blur (n.)
- 1540s, "smear on the surface of writing;" perhaps akin to blear. Extended sense of "confused dimness" is from 1860.
- blur (v.)
- 1580s, and thus probably from blur (n.), but the dates are close and either might be the original. Related: Blurred; blurring.
Example
- 1. This article presents 45 beautiful examples of motion blur in photography .
- 2. But scientists didn 't know how biological visual systems estimate blur so well .
- 3. Otherwise , some blur may occur when you touch the shutter release button on the camera .
- 4. And it will blur the existing partisan divide on the issue between conservatives and liberals .
- 5. But today , grief clouds my eyes with tears and the stones blur .