To make indistinct and hazy in outline or appearance; obscure.
Conrad Bo: What is Superblur?
Conrad Bo: Superblur is an art movement that is a spin off from The Superstroke Art Movement. Things that cannot be done in Superstroke because of the Manifesto, can be done in Superblur. For instance blurring the line between painting and photography.
Conrad Bo: That sounds very complicated, first explain to me the word blur.
Conrad Bo: According to the freedictionary.com blur is explained as follows;
v. blurred, blur·ring, blurs v.tr. 1. To make indistinct and hazy in outline or appearance; obscure. 2. To smear or stain; smudge. 3. To lessen the perception of; dim: "For street children . . . drugs offer the chance to blur their hopeless poverty" (Alma Guillermoprieto). v.intr. 1. To become indistinct. 2. To make smudges or stains by smearing. n. 1. A smear or blot; a smudge. 2. Something that is hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind. [Probably akin to Middle English bleren, to blear.] blurri·ness n. blurry adj. |
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vb blurs, blurring, blurred
1. to make or become vague or less distinct heat haze blurs the hills education blurs class distinctions
2. to smear or smudge
3. (tr) to make (the judgment, memory, or perception) less clear; dim
n
1. something vague, hazy, or indistinct
2. a smear or smudge
[perhaps variant of blear]
blurred [blɜːd] adj
blurredly [ˈblɜːrɪdlɪ ˈblɜːd-] adv
blurredness n
blurriness n
blurry adj
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ThesaurusLegend:
Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun | 1. | blur - a hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz" internal representation, mental representation, representation - a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image |
Verb | 1. | blur - become glassy; lose clear vision; "Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep" |
2. | blur - to make less distinct or clear; "The haze blurs the hills" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" focus - cause to converge on or toward a central point; "Focus the light on this image" | |
3. | blur - make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" confuse, confound - mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" muddy - cause to become muddy; "These data would have muddied the prediction" | |
4. | blur - make a smudge on; soil by smudging rub - move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" resmudge - smudge again dust - rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape; "The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image" | |
5. | blur - make dim or indistinct; "The fog blurs my vision" | |
6. | blur - become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" efface, obliterate - remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" |
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blur
noun
haze, confusion, fog, obscurity, dimness, cloudiness, blear, blurredness, indistinctnessHer face is a blur.
verb
1. become indistinct, soften, become vague, become hazy, become fuzzy If you move your eyes and your head, the picture will blur.
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References in Literature
Amid the blur of green, and dimly, she saw familiar faces and heard voices as if they came from far across the fields, and Edmond was holding her.
Louis at four in the afternoon, and she stood on the lower guard abaft the paddle box and watched Tom through a blur of tears until he melted into the throng of people and disappeared; then she looked no more, but sat there on a coil of cable crying till far into the night.
Had he had the eyes of a man, nearly two yards higher than his own from the deck, and had they been the trained eyes of a man, sailor- man at that, Jerry could have seen the low blur of Ysabel to the north and the blur of Florida to the south, ever taking on definiteness of detail as the Arangi sagged close-hauled, with a good full, port-tacked to the south-east trade.
Conrad Bo: Very impressive explanation, you just copied all of that didn't you?
Conrad Bo: I am ashamed to say that I did, but I hope it answers your question.
Conrad Bo: Ok.