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# blur

noun (a blur, blurs); verb (blur, blurs, blurred, blurring)

«blur» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A blur is something you cannot see clearly because it is moving fast or out of focus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blur/#m1)
2. To blur is to make something unclear or smudgy, or to become unclear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blur/#m2)
3. A blur is also a memory or time you cannot remember clearly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blur/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life photos come out blurred if the camera moves; tears blur your eyes. In science (light and eyes) lenses focus light; people who need glasses see things as a blur. In stories fast things «go past in a blur». Phrase: «blur the line between» (make the difference less clear).

### Examples

- The racing car was just a blur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blur/#x1)
- Without my glasses everything is a blur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blur/#x2)
- Tears blurred her eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blur/#x3)
- The photo is blurred because I moved. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blur/#x4)
- The whole day went by in a blur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blur/#x5)
- Rain blurred the view from the window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blur/#x6)

### Note

Double r in past forms: blurred, blurring. Adjective: blurry or blurred. Opposite: clear, sharp, in focus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «blur» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blur/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«blur» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/blur.html) on Mova free.