See blur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "sharpen"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ablur"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "beblur"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "blurrable"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "blurrer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "blurringly"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "blur the line"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "blur the lines"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "deblur"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "nonblurring"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "unblur"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "bleren"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "*blerian"
},
"expansion": "Old English *blerian",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*blaʀjan"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*blazjaną",
"t": "to make pale"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*blasaz",
"t": "pale"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“pale”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "blore"
},
"expansion": "Scots blore",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "bleeroged",
"t": "blear-eyed"
},
"expansion": "Low German bleeroged (“blear-eyed”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From 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.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "blurs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "blurring",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "blurred",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "blurred",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "blur (third-person singular simple present blurs, present participle blurring, simple past and past participle blurred)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms with collocations",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to blur a photograph (by moving the camera while taking it)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim."
],
"id": "en-blur-en-verb-7ubxBXD5",
"links": [
[
"indistinct",
"indistinct"
],
[
"hazy",
"hazy"
],
[
"obscure",
"obscure"
],
[
"dim",
"dim"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "56 1 36 7 0 0 0",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy",
"word": "pixelate"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 1 36 7 0 0 0",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy",
"word": "smooth"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bahhata",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "بَهَّتَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jaʕala ḡayr wāḍiḥ",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "جَعَلَ غَيْر وَاضِح"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "laṭṭaḵa",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "لَطَّخَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "baqqaʕa",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "بَقَّعَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razmazvane",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "размазване"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razmáža",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "разма́жа"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "difuminar"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "esborrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "mou⁴ wu⁴",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "模糊"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "maa⁴ caa⁴",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "麻查"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "霧霧"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "bū-bū",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "雾雾"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "móhu",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "模糊"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "rozostřit"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "rozmazat"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "vervagen"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "hämardama"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "sumentaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "hämärtää"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "estomper"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brouiller"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "verschwimmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "verwischen"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "elhomályosít"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"english": "on TV",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "kiblőröz"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "kitakar"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "homályossá tesz"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"raw_tags": [
"of differences"
],
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"tags": [
"especially"
],
"word": "elken"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "összemos"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "sbavare"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "offuscare"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bokasu",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "ぼかす"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "whakamakaro"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "foscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "trebolar"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "rozmazywać"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "rozmazać"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zamglić"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "desfocar"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razmázatʹ",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "разма́зать"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "razmutiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "desdibujar"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "difuminar"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"word": "borrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 1 14 14 1 1 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "roztérty",
"sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "розте́рти"
}
]
},
{
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"name": "English terms with collocations",
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"Entry maintenance"
],
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}
],
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{
"text": "to blur a manuscript (by handling it while damp)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To smear, stain or smudge."
],
"id": "en-blur-en-verb-ENaeaZwV",
"links": [
[
"smear",
"smear"
],
[
"stain",
"stain"
],
[
"smudge",
"smudge"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 73 1 3 18 2 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "laṭṭaḵa",
"sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
"word": "لَطَّخَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 1 3 18 2 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "baqqaʕa",
"sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
"word": "بَقَّعَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 1 3 18 2 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
"word": "rozmazat"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 1 3 18 2 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
"word": "bevlekken"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 1 3 18 2 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
"word": "bekladden"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 1 3 18 2 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
"word": "bezoedelen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 1 3 18 2 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
"word": "määrima"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 1 3 18 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
"word": "tahrata"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 1 3 18 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
"word": "verschmieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 1 3 18 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
"word": "összemaszatol"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 1 3 18 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
"word": "összeken"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 1 3 18 2 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mazać"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 1 3 18 2 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "rozmazywać"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 1 3 18 2 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "rozmazać"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 1 3 18 2 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "smużyć"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 1 3 18 2 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
"word": "borrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 1 3 18 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
"word": "borrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 73 1 3 18 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
"word": "manchar"
}
]
},
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"glosses": [
"To become indistinct."
],
"id": "en-blur-en-verb-PPC0kS5q",
"links": [
[
"indistinct",
"indistinct"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To become indistinct."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "mou⁴ wu⁴",
"sense": "become indistinct",
"word": "模糊"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "maa⁴ caa⁴",
"sense": "become indistinct",
"word": "麻查"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "become indistinct",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "霧霧"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "bū-bū",
"sense": "become indistinct",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "雾雾"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "móhu",
"sense": "become indistinct",
"word": "模糊"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "become indistinct",
"word": "rozmazat se"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "become indistinct",
"word": "rozostřit se"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "become indistinct",
"word": "vervagen"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "become indistinct",
"word": "lahtuma"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "become indistinct",
"word": "sumentua"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "become indistinct",
"word": "hämärtyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "become indistinct",
"word": "s’estomper"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "become indistinct",
"word": "verschwimmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "become indistinct",
"word": "elhomályosodik"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "become indistinct",
"word": "elmosódottá/életlenné válik"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "become indistinct",
"word": "összemosódik"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bokeru",
"sense": "become indistinct",
"word": "ぼける"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "heurithaejida",
"sense": "become indistinct",
"word": "흐릿해지다"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "become indistinct",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "rozmazywać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "become indistinct",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "rozmazać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "become indistinct",
"word": "esfumarse"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "6 3 3 5 3 3 3 2 54 10 3 2",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Vision",
"orig": "en:Vision",
"parents": [
"Senses",
"Perception",
"Body",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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