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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 blur /ˈblɝ/
 (vt.)使糢糊,弄髒(vi.)弄髒,糢糊

From: Taiwan MOE computer dictionary

 blur
 模糊

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Blur v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blurred p. pr. & vb. n. Blurring.]
 1. 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.
 But time hath nothing blurred those lines of favor
 Which then he wore.   --Shak.
 2. To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
    Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare.   --J. R. Drake.
 3. To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
 Sarcasms may eclipse thine own,
 But can not blur my lost renown.   --Hudibras.
 Syn: -- To spot; blot; disfigure; stain; sully.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Blur n.
 1. That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance.
    As for those who cleanse blurs with blotted fingers, they make it worse.   --Fuller.
 2. A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur.
 3. A moral stain or blot.
    Lest she . . . will with her railing set a great blur on mine honesty and good name.   --Udall.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 blur
      n : a hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast it
          was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the
          whisky fuzz" [syn: fuzz]
      v 1: become glassy; lose clear vision; "Her eyes glazed over from
           lack of sleep" [syn: film over, glaze over]
      2: to make less distinct or clear; "The haze blurs the hills"
         [ant: focus]
      3: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused
         the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"
         [syn: confuse, obscure, obnubilate]
      4: make a smudge on; soil by smudging [syn: smear, smudge,
         smutch]
      5: make dim or indistinct; "The drug blurs my vision" [syn: blear]
         [ant: focus]
      6: become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two
         theories blurred" [syn: dim, slur] [ant: focus]
      [also: blurring, blurred]