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blur

blur is a 4-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 9 · 13 senses

Definitions

  1. 1transitive verb

    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.

  2. 2transitive verb

    To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.

  3. 3transitive verb

    To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.

  4. 4noun

    That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance.

  5. 5noun

    A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to See things with a blur; it was all blur.

  6. 6noun

    A moral stain or blot.

  7. 7noun

    a hazy or indistinct representation

    "it happened so fast it was just a blur"

    "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz"

    Synonyms

    fuzz
  8. 8verb

    become vague or indistinct

    "The distinction between the two theories blurred"

    Synonyms

    dimslur
  9. 9verb

    make dim or indistinct

    "The fog blurs my vision"

    Synonyms

    blear
  10. 10verb

    make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

    "Her remarks confused the debate"

    "Their words obnubilate their intentions"

    Synonyms

    confuseobnubilateobscure
  11. 11verb

    make a smudge on; soil by smudging

    Synonyms

    smearsmudgesmutch
  12. 12verb

    become glassy; lose clear vision

    "Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep"

  13. 13verb

    to make less distinct or clear

    "The haze blurs the hills"

Synonyms

fuzzdimslurblearconfuseobnubilateobscuresmearsmudgesmutch

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in blur:

burl

Common word forms

blursblurredblurrerblurring

Words from these letters

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