blur
noun
- smear, smudge, blot
verb
- obscure
- to make indistinct, not sharply in focus
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈblɜː/ / /bləː/ / /blɝ/
adj
Etymology: From earlier blurre, probably an alteration of blear, from Middle English bleren, from Old English *blerian (attested in āblered (“made bare, made bald”)), from Proto-West Germanic *blaʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *blazjaną (“to make pale”), from Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“pale”). Compare Scots blore, bloar (“to blur, cover with blots”), Low German bleeroged (“blear-eyed”). More at blear.
- 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?”
noun
Etymology: From earlier blurre, probably an alteration of blear, from Middle English bleren, from Old English *blerian (attested in āblered (“made bare, made bald”)), from Proto-West Germanic *blaʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *blazjaną (“to make pale”), from Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“pale”). Compare Scots blore, bloar (“to blur, cover with blots”), Low German bleeroged (“blear-eyed”). More at blear.
- A smear, smudge or blot.
- 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.”
- 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.”
- A moral stain or blot.
“[…]with her raillyng sette a great blurre on myne honesty”
verb
Etymology: From earlier blurre, probably an alteration of blear, from Middle English bleren, from Old English *blerian (attested in āblered (“made bare, made bald”)), from Proto-West Germanic *blaʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *blazjaną (“to make pale”), from Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“pale”). Compare Scots blore, bloar (“to blur, cover with blots”), Low German bleeroged (“blear-eyed”). More at blear.
- To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
“to blur a photograph (by moving the camera while taking it)”
- To smear, stain or smudge.
“to blur a manuscript (by handling it while damp)”
- To become indistinct.
- To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
“His eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare.”
- To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
“Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, / But cannot blur my lost renown.”
- 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.”
- To use a sign, image, expression, etc. sufficiently close to a trademarked one that it causes confusion between them.