blur
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /blɜ(ɹ)/
Verb

blur (blurs, present participle blurring; past and past participle blurred)

  1. To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
    to blur a photograph by moving the camera while taking it
  2. To smear, stain or smudge.
    to blur a manuscript by handling it while damp
  3. (intransitive) To become indistinct.
  4. To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
    • Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare.
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
    • , Hudibras
      Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, / But cannot blur my lost renown.
  6. (GUI, transitive) To transfer the input focus away from.
    • John Pollock, JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide, Second Edition (page 175)
      Then give this box focus to blur the first one: […]
    • 2001, Martin Webb, ‎Michel Plungjan, ‎Keith Drakard, Instant JavaScript (page 678)
      These form elements need to have an onFocus event handler to blur the current focus.
Synonyms Antonyms Translations Translations Translations Noun

blur (plural blurs)

  1. A smear, smudge or blot
  2. Something that appears hazy or indistinct
  3. (obsolete) A moral stain or blot.
    • Lest she […] will with her railing set a great blur on mine honesty and good name.
Translations Translations Adjective

blur

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, informal) In a state of doubt or confusion.



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