BLUR (blurred, blurring)
Dictionary entry overview: What does blur mean?
• BLUR (noun)
The noun BLUR has 1 sense:
1. a hazy or indistinct representation
Familiarity information: BLUR used as a noun is very rare.
• BLUR (verb)
The verb BLUR has 6 senses:
1. become glassy; lose clear vision
2. to make less distinct or clear
3. make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
4. make a smudge on; soil by smudging
5. make dim or indistinct
6. become vague or indistinct
Familiarity information: BLUR used as a verb is common.
Dictionary entry details
• BLUR (noun)
Meaning:
A hazy or indistinct representation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
blur; fuzz
Context examples:
it happened so fast it was just a blur / he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz
Hypernyms ("blur" is a kind of...):
internal representation; mental representation; representation (a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image)
• BLUR (verb)
Meaning:
Become glassy; lose clear vision
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
blur; film over; glaze over
Context example:
Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
To make less distinct or clear
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
The haze blurs the hills
Hypernyms (to "blur" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
focus (cause to converge on or toward a central point)
Meaning:
Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
obscure; obnubilate; blur; confuse
Context examples:
Her remarks confused the debate / Their words obnubilate their intentions
Hypernyms (to "blur" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blur"):
muddy (cause to become muddy)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make a smudge on; soil by smudging
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
smutch; smudge; smear; blur
Hypernyms (to "blur" is one way to...):
rub (move over something with pressure)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blur"):
resmudge (smudge again)
dust (rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make dim or indistinct
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
blear; blur
Context example:
The drug blurs my vision
Hypernyms (to "blur" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Cause:
blur; dim; slur (become vague or indistinct)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
focus (put (an image) into focus)
Meaning:
Become vague or indistinct
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
slur; blur; dim
Context example:
The distinction between the two theories blurred
Hypernyms (to "blur" is one way to...):
weaken (become weaker)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blur"):
efface; obliterate (remove completely from recognition or memory)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Antonym:
focus (become focussed or come into focus)
