blur
A smear, smudge or blotA smear, smudge or blot.
» The days began to blur together.
Дни начали сливаться друг с другом. — Wezel
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4 senses(countable, uncountable)A smear, smudge or blot.
Verschleierung, Unklarheit, Unschärfe
(countable, uncountable)Something that appears hazy or indistinct.
The surroundings went by in a blur.
Ahnung, verschwommenes Bild
a hazy or indistinct representation
(uncountable)Haziness, blurriness.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A moral stain or blot.
Examples
46 sentencesThe days began to blur together.
ruДни начали сливаться друг с другом. — Wezel
It still seems like a blur.
The next three months were a blur.
The next three minutes were a blur.
That whole week was just a blur.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From earlier blurre, probably an alteration of blear, from Middle English bleren, from OldFrom earlier blurre, probably an alteration of blear, from Middle English bleren, from Old English *blerian (attested in āblered (“made bare, made bald”)), from Proto-West Germanic *blaʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *blazjaną (“to make pale”), from Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“pale”). Compare Scots blore, bloar (“to blur, cover with blots”), Low German bleeroged (“blear-eyed”). More at blear.
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Forms
plural: blursSynonyms
1 synonyms- a hazy or indistinct representation:fuzz
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable