blur
[verb]
Synonyms:
- make indistinct, cloud, darken, make hazy, make vague, mask, obscure
[noun]
Synonyms:
- indistinctness, confusion, fog, haze, obscurity

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Blur
a British popular music group whose singer is Damon Albarn, and whose music is an example of Britpop. Their songs include Girls and Boys and Parklife.

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I. blur¹ /blɜː $ blɜːr/ noun [countable usually singular]

1. a shape that you cannot see clearly
blur of
I saw the blur of the car as it passed in front of me.
The island was a blur through misty rain.

2. something that you cannot remember clearly:
The days before the accident were a blur.

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II. blur² verb (past tense and past participle blurred, present participle blurring) [intransitive and transitive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Probably from blear; ⇒ bleary]

1. to become difficult to see, or to make something difficult to see, because the edges are not clear:
The street lights were blurred by the fog.
Many of the details in the picture are blurred.

2. to be unable to see clearly:
Tears blurred her eyes.
His vision was blurred.

3. to make the difference between two ideas, subjects etc less clear:
His films blur the boundaries between fact and fiction.
The design of the conservatory is meant to blur the distinction between the house and the garden.
—blurry adjective:
a few blurry photos of their holiday
⇒ blurred

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blur
noun
ADJ. dim, faint, pale The object was a dim blur in the moonlight.
PREP. ~ of a blur of colours and patterns
PHRASES be all a (bit of a) blur/just a blur I can't remember that day very well. It's all a bit of a blur.

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