Crossword clues for blurring
blurring
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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. -
To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare.
--J. R. Drake. -
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.
Wiktionary
n. A blurry patch. vb. (present participle of blur English)
WordNet
v. become glassy; lose clear vision; "Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep" [syn: film over, glaze over]
to make less distinct or clear; "The haze blurs the hills" [ant: focus]
make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" [syn: confuse, obscure, obnubilate]
make a smudge on; soil by smudging [syn: smear, smudge, smutch]
make dim or indistinct; "The drug blurs my vision" [syn: blear] [ant: focus]
become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" [syn: dim, slur] [ant: focus]
See blur
Usage examples of "blurring".
And with her mind she reached out for the soothing controls, blurring the grief, instilling calm, urging courage and hope.
Lights blurring and turning around him, as if he were floating in some great bubble or tube, floating down a stream of water.
He peered down from the ladle, his wings blurring to nothing when he noticed Nick.
The sparkles in his black silk shirt caught the light, adding to the glow his blurring wings put out.
Nick was shadowed and closed, the dim light from oncoming motorists blurring his sharp nose and thin face.
The world was blurring before me, and suddenly one of the biggest blurs was directly in my path.
Their call to hunt that shadow woman had become distracting, blurring his vision with images of violet eyes.
The street leading back to the north gate of the city was far less crowded, and, thankfully, his blurring effort was working enough that not a soul of the handful of people he passed in the orange light of dawn even seemed to look in his direction.
He maintained a slight version of his blurring shield, not wanting to be seen nor to draw attention.
That blurring of details was a frequent experience of those who came over the Route and one of its most disturbing features.
In an odd blurring of their thoughts, she saw the stone wood suddenly out of his eyes: not trees at all, never anything alive, just stones raised for some ancient, obscure, and no longer important reason.
Sunlight glancing off the slow river trembled on the stones, blurring them slightly, as if he were seeing it underwater.
Gleeful Frau Gnahb, humming through her teeth, spins the wheel, spokes blurring, prow swinging over aiming for midships.
To the right was a land of endless jagged, tilted plains, softening and blurring in the blue distance.
He lay like a broken doll, with his head swimming and his eyes blurring and his body, as numb as a frozen plucked chicken.