blur
English
/blɜ(ɹ)/
verb
Definitions
- To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
- To smear, stain or smudge.
- (intransitive) To become indistinct.
- To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
- (obsolete) To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
- (GUI) To transfer the input focus away from.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bleren inherited from Old English *blerian.
Origin
Old English
*blerian
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ablur English
- beblur English
- blare English
- blurless English
- blurrable English
- blurred English
- blurredness English
- blurrily English
- blurriness English
- blurry English
- deblur English
- nonblurred English
- nonblurry English
- unblur English
- unblurry English
- *blerian Old English
- bleren Middle English
- bleren Middle Dutch