"blur" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈblɜː(ɹ)/ Audio: en-us-blur.ogg [US] Forms: more blur [comparative], most blur [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{m|en|blurre}} blurre, {{m|en|blear}} blear, {{inh|en|enm|bleren}} Middle English bleren, {{inh|en|ang|*blerian}} Old English *blerian, {{m|ang|āblered|t=made bare, made bald}} āblered (“made bare, made bald”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*blaʀjan}} Proto-West Germanic *blaʀjan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*blazjaną|t=to make pale}} Proto-Germanic *blazjaną (“to make pale”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*blasaz|t=pale}} Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“pale”), {{cog|sco|blore}} Scots blore, {{m|sco|bloar|t=to blur, cover with blots}} bloar (“to blur, cover with blots”), {{cog|nds|bleeroged|t=blear-eyed}} Low German bleeroged (“blear-eyed”), {{m|en|blear}} blear Head templates: {{en-adj}} blur (comparative more blur, superlative most blur)
  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, informal) In a state of doubt or confusion. Tags: Malaysia, Singapore, informal
    Sense id: en-blur-en-adj-GC5kUvYU Categories (other): Malaysian English, Singapore English, Singlish Disambiguation of Singlish: 43 5 0 3 4 5 5 2 5 5 12 10

Noun

IPA: /ˈblɜː(ɹ)/ Audio: en-us-blur.ogg [US] Forms: blurs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{m|en|blurre}} blurre, {{m|en|blear}} blear, {{inh|en|enm|bleren}} Middle English bleren, {{inh|en|ang|*blerian}} Old English *blerian, {{m|ang|āblered|t=made bare, made bald}} āblered (“made bare, made bald”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*blaʀjan}} Proto-West Germanic *blaʀjan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*blazjaną|t=to make pale}} Proto-Germanic *blazjaną (“to make pale”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*blasaz|t=pale}} Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“pale”), {{cog|sco|blore}} Scots blore, {{m|sco|bloar|t=to blur, cover with blots}} bloar (“to blur, cover with blots”), {{cog|nds|bleeroged|t=blear-eyed}} Low German bleeroged (“blear-eyed”), {{m|en|blear}} blear Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} blur (countable and uncountable, plural blurs)
  1. A smear, smudge or blot. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (A smear, smudge or blot): vlekje (Dutch), smet (Dutch), veeg (Dutch), plekk (Estonian), tahra (Finnish), tache [feminine] (French), salissure [feminine] (French), marque [feminine] (French), Verschleierung [feminine] (German), Unklarheit [feminine] (German), Unschärfe [feminine] (German), folt (Hungarian), rozmaz [masculine] (Polish), plama [feminine] (Polish), borrão [masculine] (Portuguese), borrón [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-blur-en-noun-6a6gUAm2 Disambiguation of 'A smear, smudge or blot': 85 1 0 14
  2. Something that appears hazy or indistinct. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Something that appears hazy or indistinct): onduidelijke plek (Dutch), nevelig beeld (Dutch), sumeus (Finnish), hämäryys (Finnish), flou [masculine] (French), Ahnung [feminine] (German), verschwommenes Bild [neuter] (German), homály (Hungarian), makaro (Maori), rozmazany (Polish)
    Sense id: en-blur-en-noun-P3EjJMUl Disambiguation of 'Something that appears hazy or indistinct': 1 96 2 1
  3. (uncountable) Haziness, blurriness. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-blur-en-noun-JFCx4SXz
  4. (obsolete) A moral stain or blot. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-blur-en-noun-MNyY3Y3q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anti-blur, motion blur, zoom blur

Verb

IPA: /ˈblɜː(ɹ)/ Audio: en-us-blur.ogg [US] Forms: blurs [present, singular, third-person], blurring [participle, present], blurred [participle, past], blurred [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{m|en|blurre}} blurre, {{m|en|blear}} blear, {{inh|en|enm|bleren}} Middle English bleren, {{inh|en|ang|*blerian}} Old English *blerian, {{m|ang|āblered|t=made bare, made bald}} āblered (“made bare, made bald”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*blaʀjan}} Proto-West Germanic *blaʀjan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*blazjaną|t=to make pale}} Proto-Germanic *blazjaną (“to make pale”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*blasaz|t=pale}} Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“pale”), {{cog|sco|blore}} Scots blore, {{m|sco|bloar|t=to blur, cover with blots}} bloar (“to blur, cover with blots”), {{cog|nds|bleeroged|t=blear-eyed}} Low German bleeroged (“blear-eyed”), {{m|en|blear}} blear Head templates: {{en-verb}} blur (third-person singular simple present blurs, present participle blurring, simple past and past participle blurred)
  1. To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim. Synonyms (make indistinct or hazy): pixelate, smooth Translations (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim): ⁧بَهَّتَ⁩ (bahhata) (Arabic), ⁧جَعَلَ غَيْر وَاضِح⁩ (jaʕala ḡayr wāḍiḥ) (Arabic), ⁧لَطَّخَ⁩ (laṭṭaḵa) (Arabic), ⁧بَقَّعَ⁩ (baqqaʕa) (Arabic), размазване (razmazvane) (Bulgarian), разма́жа (razmáža) [perfective] (Bulgarian), difuminar (Catalan), esborrar (Catalan), 模糊 (mou⁴ wu⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 麻查 (maa⁴ caa⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 模糊 (móhu) (Chinese Mandarin), rozostřit (Czech), rozmazat (Czech), vervagen (Dutch), hämardama (Estonian), sumentaa (Finnish), hämärtää (Finnish), estomper (French), brouiller [masculine] (French), verschwimmen (German), verwischen (German), elhomályosít (Hungarian), kiblőröz (english: on TV) (Hungarian), kitakar (Hungarian), homályossá tesz (Hungarian), elken [especially, of differences] (Hungarian), összemos (Hungarian), sbavare (Italian), offuscare (Italian), ぼかす (bokasu) (Japanese), whakamakaro (Maori), 霧霧 (Min Nan Chinese), 雾雾 (bū-bū) (Min Nan Chinese), foscar (Occitan), trebolar (Occitan), rozmazywać [imperfective] (Polish), rozmazać [perfective] (Polish), zamglić [perfective] (Polish), desfocar (Portuguese), разма́зать (razmázatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), razmutiti [perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), desdibujar (Spanish), difuminar (Spanish), borrar (Spanish), розте́рти (roztérty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-blur-en-verb-7ubxBXD5 Disambiguation of 'make indistinct or hazy': 56 1 36 7 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim': 68 1 14 13 1 1 1
  2. To smear, stain or smudge. Translations (smear, stain or smudge): ⁧لَطَّخَ⁩ (laṭṭaḵa) (Arabic), ⁧بَقَّعَ⁩ (baqqaʕa) (Arabic), rozmazat (Czech), bevlekken (Dutch), bekladden (Dutch), bezoedelen (Dutch), määrima (Estonian), tahrata (Finnish), verschmieren (German), összemaszatol (Hungarian), összeken (Hungarian), mazać [imperfective] (Polish), rozmazywać [imperfective] (Polish), rozmazać [perfective] (Polish), smużyć [imperfective] (Polish), borrar (Portuguese), borrar (Spanish), manchar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-blur-en-verb-ENaeaZwV Disambiguation of 'smear, stain or smudge': 1 73 1 3 18 2 2
  3. (intransitive) To become indistinct. Tags: intransitive Translations (become indistinct): 模糊 (mou⁴ wu⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 麻查 (maa⁴ caa⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 模糊 (móhu) (Chinese Mandarin), rozmazat se (Czech), rozostřit se (Czech), vervagen (Dutch), lahtuma (Estonian), sumentua (Finnish), hämärtyä (Finnish), s’estomper (French), verschwimmen (German), elhomályosodik (Hungarian), elmosódottá/életlenné válik (Hungarian), összemosódik (Hungarian), ぼける (bokeru) (Japanese), 흐릿해지다 (heurithaejida) (Korean), 霧霧 (Min Nan Chinese), 雾雾 (bū-bū) (Min Nan Chinese), rozmazywać się [imperfective] (Polish), rozmazać się [perfective] (Polish), esfumarse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-blur-en-verb-PPC0kS5q Disambiguation of 'become indistinct': 18 1 72 7 1 0 0
  4. To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken. Categories (topical): Vision
    Sense id: en-blur-en-verb-DLYFadjf Disambiguation of Vision: 6 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 51 11 3 2
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-blur-en-verb-KcUcMMxw
  6. (graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus away from. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Graphical user interface Synonyms (move input focus from): unfocus Translations (to transfer the input focus away from): unscharf machen (German)
    Sense id: en-blur-en-verb-Mh2a1ze3 Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'move input focus from': 4 6 2 6 4 71 7 Disambiguation of 'to transfer the input focus away from': 1 2 1 2 1 90 2
  7. (copyright law) To use a sign, image, expression, etc. sufficiently close to a trademarked one that it causes confusion between them. Categories (topical): Copyright
    Sense id: en-blur-en-verb-OWfxSgHk Topics: copyright, intellectual-property, law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blur the line, blur the lines

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "word": "rozostřit"
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 14 13 1 1 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "word": "hämardama"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "word": "sumentaa"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "word": "hämärtää"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "word": "estomper"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 14 13 1 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "word": "verschwimmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 14 13 1 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "word": "verwischen"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "word": "elhomályosít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 14 13 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 13 1 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "word": "kitakar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 14 13 1 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "word": "homályossá tesz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 14 13 1 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "tags": [
            "especially",
            "of differences"
          ],
          "word": "elken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 14 13 1 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "word": "összemos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 14 13 1 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "word": "sbavare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 14 13 1 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "word": "offuscare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 14 13 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 13 1 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "word": "whakamakaro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 14 13 1 1 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "word": "foscar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 14 13 1 1 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "word": "trebolar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 14 13 1 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "rozmazywać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 14 13 1 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "rozmazać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 14 13 1 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zamglić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 14 13 1 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "word": "desfocar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 14 13 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 13 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 13 1 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "word": "desdibujar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 14 13 1 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "word": "difuminar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 14 13 1 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "word": "borrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 1 14 13 1 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "roztérty",
          "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "розте́рти"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        "To become indistinct."
      ],
      "id": "en-blur-en-verb-PPC0kS5q",
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        [
          "indistinct",
          "indistinct"
        ]
      ],
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        "(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": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "móhu",
          "sense": "become indistinct",
          "word": "模糊"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
          "code": "nan",
          "lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
          "sense": "become indistinct",
          "word": "霧霧"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 1 72 7 1 0 0",
          "code": "nan",
          "lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
          "roman": "bū-bū",
          "sense": "become indistinct",
          "word": "雾雾"
        },
        {
          "_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 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 51 11 3 2",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Vision",
          "orig": "en:Vision",
          "parents": [
            "Senses",
            "Perception",
            "Body",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay",
          "text": "His eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken."
      ],
      "id": "en-blur-en-verb-DLYFadjf"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation."
      ],
      "id": "en-blur-en-verb-KcUcMMxw",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, transitive) To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Graphical user interface",
          "orig": "en:Graphical user interface",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, John Pollock, JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide, Second Edition, page 175",
          "text": "Then give this box focus to blur the first one: […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Martin Webb, Michel Plungjan, Keith Drakard, Instant JavaScript, page 678",
          "text": "These form elements need to have an onFocus event handler to blur the current focus.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Danny Goodman, JavaScript Bible, page 273",
          "text": "Blurring one window and focusing on another window yields the same result of sending the window to the back of the pile.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Chuck Easttom, Advanced JavaScript, page 329",
          "text": "A manual way to blur a text object is to press the Tab key, which advances focus to the next field in order and removes it from the current field (blurring it).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To transfer the input focus away from."
      ],
      "id": "en-blur-en-verb-Mh2a1ze3",
      "links": [
        [
          "graphical user interface",
          "graphical user interface"
        ],
        [
          "input",
          "input"
        ],
        [
          "focus",
          "focus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus away from."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 6 2 6 4 71 7",
          "sense": "move input focus from",
          "word": "unfocus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "graphical-user-interface",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 1 2 1 90 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to transfer the input focus away from",
          "word": "unscharf machen"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Copyright",
          "orig": "en:Copyright",
          "parents": [
            "Intellectual property",
            "Law",
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use a sign, image, expression, etc. sufficiently close to a trademarked one that it causes confusion between them."
      ],
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        [
          "copyright",
          "copyright"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ],
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ],
        [
          "image",
          "image"
        ],
        [
          "expression",
          "expression"
        ],
        [
          "trademark",
          "trademark"
        ],
        [
          "confusion",
          "confusion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(copyright law) To use a sign, image, expression, etc. sufficiently close to a trademarked one that it causes confusion between them."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "copyright",
        "intellectual-property",
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɜː(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-blur.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/83/En-us-blur.ogg/En-us-blur.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/En-us-blur.ogg",
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        "US"
      ],
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    }
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}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "anti-blur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "motion blur"
    },
    {
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      "word": "zoom blur"
    }
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      },
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    },
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "bleeroged",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "blear"
      },
      "expansion": "blear",
      "name": "m"
    }
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  "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.",
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    }
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    {
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        "A smear, smudge or blot."
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      ],
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          "_dis1": "85 1 0 14",
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
          "word": "vlekje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 0 14",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
          "word": "smet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 0 14",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
          "word": "veeg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 0 14",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
          "word": "plekk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 0 14",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
          "word": "tahra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 0 14",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 0 14",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "salissure"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 1 0 14",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "text": "Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. Appleby could see it dimly, a blur of shadowy buildings with the ridge of roof parapet alone cutting hard and sharp against the clearing sky.",
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          "text": "The fightback when it came was in the [Roger] Federer fashion: unfussy, filled with classy strokes from the back with perfectly timed interventions at the net that confounded his opponent. The third set passed in a bit of a blur, the fourth, which led to the second tie-break, was the most dramatic of the match.",
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        {
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          "word": "sumeus"
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        {
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          "word": "hämäryys"
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          "ref": "1978, Stanley Coren, Joan S. Girgus, Seeing Is Deceiving: The Psychology of Visual Illusions, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., page 82",
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          "ref": "2014, Albrecht Rissler, Photographic Composition: Principles of Image Design, Rocky Nook, Inc.",
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        {
          "ref": "2016, Kat Sloma, Art with an iPhone: A Photographer’s Guide to Creating Altered Realities, Amherst Media",
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          "text": "[…]with her raillyng sette a great blurre on myne honesty",
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        "(obsolete) A moral stain or blot."
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      "roman": "bahhata",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "⁧بَهَّتَ⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jaʕala ḡayr wāḍiḥ",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "⁧جَعَلَ غَيْر وَاضِح⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "laṭṭaḵa",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "⁧لَطَّخَ⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "baqqaʕa",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "⁧بَقَّعَ⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razmazvane",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "размазване"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razmáža",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разма́жа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "difuminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "esborrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "mou⁴ wu⁴",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "模糊"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "maa⁴ caa⁴",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "麻查"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "móhu",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "模糊"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan",
      "lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "霧霧"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan",
      "lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
      "roman": "bū-bū",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "雾雾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "rozostřit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "rozmazat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "vervagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "hämardama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "sumentaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "hämärtää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "estomper"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brouiller"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "verschwimmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "verwischen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "elhomályosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "on TV",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "kiblőröz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "kitakar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "homályossá tesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "of differences"
      ],
      "word": "elken"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "összemos"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "sbavare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "offuscare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bokasu",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "ぼかす"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "whakamakaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "foscar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "trebolar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozmazywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozmazać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zamglić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "desfocar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razmázatʹ",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разма́зать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "razmutiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "desdibujar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "difuminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "word": "borrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "roztérty",
      "sense": "make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "розте́рти"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "laṭṭaḵa",
      "sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
      "word": "⁧لَطَّخَ⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "baqqaʕa",
      "sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
      "word": "⁧بَقَّعَ⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
      "word": "rozmazat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
      "word": "bevlekken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
      "word": "bekladden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
      "word": "bezoedelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
      "word": "määrima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
      "word": "tahrata"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
      "word": "verschmieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
      "word": "összemaszatol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
      "word": "összeken"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "mazać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozmazać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "smużyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
      "word": "borrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
      "word": "borrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "smear, stain or smudge",
      "word": "manchar"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "mou⁴ wu⁴",
      "sense": "become indistinct",
      "word": "模糊"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "maa⁴ caa⁴",
      "sense": "become indistinct",
      "word": "麻查"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "móhu",
      "sense": "become indistinct",
      "word": "模糊"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan",
      "lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
      "sense": "become indistinct",
      "word": "霧霧"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan",
      "lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
      "roman": "bū-bū",
      "sense": "become indistinct",
      "word": "雾雾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "become indistinct",
      "word": "rozmazat se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "become indistinct",
      "word": "rozostřit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "become indistinct",
      "word": "vervagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "become indistinct",
      "word": "lahtuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "become indistinct",
      "word": "sumentua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "become indistinct",
      "word": "hämärtyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "become indistinct",
      "word": "s’estomper"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "become indistinct",
      "word": "verschwimmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become indistinct",
      "word": "elhomályosodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become indistinct",
      "word": "elmosódottá/életlenné válik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become indistinct",
      "word": "összemosódik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bokeru",
      "sense": "become indistinct",
      "word": "ぼける"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "heurithaejida",
      "sense": "become indistinct",
      "word": "흐릿해지다"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "become indistinct",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozmazywać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "become indistinct",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozmazać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "become indistinct",
      "word": "esfumarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to transfer the input focus away from",
      "word": "unscharf machen"
    }
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}

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          "ref": "2014, Albrecht Rissler, Photographic Composition: Principles of Image Design, Rocky Nook, Inc.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2016, Kat Sloma, Art with an iPhone: A Photographer’s Guide to Creating Altered Realities, Amherst Media",
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
      "word": "vlekje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
      "word": "smet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
      "word": "veeg"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
      "word": "plekk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
      "word": "tahra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tache"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "salissure"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "marque"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verschleierung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unklarheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unschärfe"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
      "word": "folt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozmaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plama"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "borrão"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "A smear, smudge or blot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "borrón"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Something that appears hazy or indistinct",
      "word": "onduidelijke plek"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Something that appears hazy or indistinct",
      "word": "nevelig beeld"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Something that appears hazy or indistinct",
      "word": "sumeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Something that appears hazy or indistinct",
      "word": "hämäryys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Something that appears hazy or indistinct",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flou"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Something that appears hazy or indistinct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ahnung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Something that appears hazy or indistinct",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "verschwommenes Bild"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Something that appears hazy or indistinct",
      "word": "homály"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "elmosódott/homályos folt(ok)/alak",
      "roman": "ok",
      "sense": "Something that appears hazy or indistinct"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Something that appears hazy or indistinct",
      "word": "makaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Something that appears hazy or indistinct",
      "word": "rozmazany"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blur"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Requests for review of Spanish translations",
    "Singlish",
    "en:Vision"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "blurre"
      },
      "expansion": "blurre",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "blear"
      },
      "expansion": "blear",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "bleren"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English bleren",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "*blerian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English *blerian",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "āblered",
        "t": "made bare, made bald"
      },
      "expansion": "āblered (“made bare, made bald”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*blaʀjan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *blaʀjan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*blazjaną",
        "t": "to make pale"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *blazjaną (“to make pale”)",
      "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": "sco",
        "2": "bloar",
        "t": "to blur, cover with blots"
      },
      "expansion": "bloar (“to blur, cover with blots”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "bleeroged",
        "t": "blear-eyed"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German bleeroged (“blear-eyed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "blear"
      },
      "expansion": "blear",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "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": "more blur",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most blur",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "blur (comparative more blur, superlative most blur)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "Malaysian English",
        "Singapore English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a state of doubt or confusion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "doubt",
          "doubt"
        ],
        [
          "confusion",
          "confusion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Malaysia, Singapore, informal) In a state of doubt or confusion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Malaysia",
        "Singapore",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈblɜː(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-blur.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/83/En-us-blur.ogg/En-us-blur.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/En-us-blur.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blur"
}

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