Blur \Blur\ (bl[^u]r), n. 1. 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.
2. A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur.
3. A moral stain or blot.
Lest she . . . will with her railing set a great blur on mine honesty and good name. --Udall.
Blur \Blur\ (bl[^u]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blurred} (bl[^u]rd); 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.
(I have known some open cars to shake so badly that the instruments became a blur on moderately rough surfaces.) The hood is super-efficient, too.
The rockers tend to blur together on the second side, until the record ends strongly with the bluesy "Hand to Mouth," featuring excellent guitar by Rick Richards and the piano of guest Ian McLagan.
Journalists end up in deep trouble if they blur the line between fact and fiction, but the writers at the American Comedy Network thrive on keeping people guessing about what's real and what's not.
Frantic growth and modernization rub shoulders with ancient tradition in a constant blur of old and new in this vibrant city, site of the 1988 Olympics.
Regional campaigns can provoke local producers to become more aggressive, or can blur a brand's national identity, weakening hard-won customer loyalties.
Despite attempts to limit the commercial character of such events, the boundary lines often blur.
Snappy dressers beware: A too-tight necktie can make your head swim and vision blur, says the author of a book on improving health habits.
He said there has been "a blur" between London-based M&A activity and other investment banking, and that Mr. Christie's appointment was designed to fix specific responsibility for mergers and acquisitions.
"We're entering the era of the blur," says Alan Gottesman, an analyst with PaineWebber Inc. in New York.
The Democratic race was such a blur that some observers speculated no one would be able to wrap up the nomination by the end of the primary season.
So candidates flitted around like nervous fleas on a dog having a nightmare, and the constant motion, the merciless speechifying, the pounding TV commercials produced a numbing blur.
By the early 1960s, he had begun to blur the line between painting and sculpture, inserting objects into slits in the canvas and applying sculpmetal directly to the surface of the work.
The ad isn't much more than a blur of decadent visions: expensive jewelry, fast cars, caviar and champagne.
Until the Conservative Party started gaining momentum a few years ago, the black and white starkness of the 1950s was beginning to blur.
It would undoubtedly blur the gradually emerging distinction between independent and tied sources of financial services. By all means let us have a charter, but don't cause confusion by overturning the present still fledgling structure.
It came at the end of a conference where partisanship flared into the open, in contrast to recent previous gatherings where mayors did their best to blur party distinctions.
Sometimes they blur a bit. But if this is London, it must be NATO.
A line of leotards and tops with the imprimatur of ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov is typical of the clothes that blur the line between athletic function and fashion.
Faldo is getting accustomed to golfing glory, and, perhaps, its edges are beginning to blur for him.
"After that was a blur," he says, in which he managed to drive the couple of kilometers to his studio.
Yet some Westerners and Western guidebooks have wondered whether the memorial at Khatyn was built to blur the shameful memory of what happened at Katyn, that other place with a similar name.
Then bring on the juddering angel-of-death helicopter, pixilating the landscape into an apocalyptic blur.
The SLA cadre that kidnapped her pretty much remains a blur.