blurred : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: blurred	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for blurred
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blurred adj indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes" Synonym(s): bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy unclear in form or expression; "the blurred aims of the group"; "sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded"- H.G.Wells Synonym(s): blurred, clouded
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blur \Blur\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blurred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blurring}.] [Prob. of same origin as blear. See {Blear}.] 1. To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink. But time hath nothing blurred those lines of favor Which then he wore. --Shak. 2. To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken. Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare. --J. R. Drake. 3. To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation. Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, But can not blur my lost renown. --Hudibras. Syn: To spot; blot; disfigure; stain; sully.