Word Direct Answers

What does "blur" mean?

Blur: To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken. Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare. J. R. Drake.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation. Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, But can not blur my lost renown. Hudibras.
  2. 3.That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance. As for those who cleanse blurs with blotted fingers, they make it worse. Fuller.
  3. 4.A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur.
  4. 5.A moral stain or blot. Lest she . . . will with her railing set a great blur on mine honesty and good name. Udall.

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