blur. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

blur

PRONUNCIATION:	blûr
VERB:	Inflected forms: blurred, blur·ring, blurs
TRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To make indistinct and hazy in outline or appearance; obscure. 2. To smear or stain; smudge. 3. To lessen the perception of; dim: “For street children . . . drugs offer the chance to blur their hopeless poverty” (Alma Guillermoprieto).
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To become indistinct. 2. To make smudges or stains by smearing.
NOUN:	1. A smear or blot; a smudge. 2. Something that is hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind.
ETYMOLOGY:	Probably akin to Middle English bleren, to blear.
OTHER FORMS:	blurri·ness —NOUN blurry —ADJECTIVE


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