blur

«blur» in Mova's school dictionary: something you cannot see clearly because it is moving… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a blur, blurs); verb (blur, blurs, blurred, blurring)

meaning for a pupil

1) A blur is something you cannot see clearly because it is moving fast or out of focus. tree →

2) To blur is to make something unclear or smudgy, or to become unclear. tree →

3) A blur is also a memory or time you cannot remember clearly. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life photos come out blurred if the camera moves; tears blur your eyes. In science (light and eyes) lenses focus light; people who need glasses see things as a blur. In stories fast things «go past in a blur». Phrase: «blur the line between» (make the difference less clear).

examples

• The racing car was just a blur. tree →
• Without my glasses everything is a blur. tree →
• Tears blurred her eyes. tree →
• The photo is blurred because I moved. tree →
• The whole day went by in a blur. tree →
• Rain blurred the view from the window. tree →

note

Double r in past forms: blurred, blurring. Adjective: blurry or blurred. Opposite: clear, sharp, in focus.

In the corpora

• People who did not agree to be filmed have their faces blurred; adults and children have a right to their privacy.
• Small AI programs hide in everyday things, such as phone cameras that sharpen photos and blur backgrounds.
• Signs of concussion include headache, dizziness, feeling sick, blurred vision, confusion, forgetting things, wobbling and acting differently.
• Air blurs and blocks some light, so big telescopes sit on high dry mountains, and some telescopes go up into space.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «blur» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.