blur

blur
blurredly /blerr"id lee, blerrd"-/, adv.blurredness, n.blurringly, adv.
/blerr/, v., blurred, blurring, n.
v.t.
1. to obscure or sully (something) by smearing or with a smeary substance: The windows were blurred with soot.
2. to obscure by making confused in form or outline; make indistinct: The fog blurred the outline of the car.
3. to dim the perception or susceptibility of; make dull or insensible: The blow on the head blurred his senses.
v.i.
4. to become indistinct: Everything blurred as she ran.
5. to make blurs.
n.
6. a smudge or smear that obscures: a blur of smoke.
7. a blurred condition; indistinctness: They could see nothing in the foggy blur.
8. something seen indistinctly: The ship appeared as a blur against the horizon.
[1540-50; akin to BLEAR]
Syn. 2. cloud, dim, darken, veil, mask.

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