English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Blur (v. t.)

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.

Blur (v. t.)

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

Blur (v. t.)

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

Blur (n.)

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

Blur (n.)

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

Blur (n.)

A moral stain or blot.

Blurred (imp. & p. p.)

of Blur

Blurring (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Blur

Blurry (a.)

Full of blurs; blurred.

Blurt (v. t.)

To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to divulge inconsiderately; to ejaculate; -- commonly with out.

Blurted (imp. & p. p.)

of Blurt

Blurting (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Blurt

Blush (n.)

A red or reddish color; a rosy tint.

Blush (n.)

A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty.

Blush (v. t.)

To express or make known by blushing.

Blush (v. t.)

To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate.

Blush (v. i.)

To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other flowers.

Blush (v. i.)

To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face.

Blush (v. i.)

To grow red; to have a red or rosy color.

Blushed (imp. & p. p.)

of Blush