blurred

«blurred» in Mova's school dictionary: not clear or sharp, so the edges or details are hard to see — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (blurred); verb (blur, blurs, blurred, blurring — past form)

meaning for a pupil

1) Blurred means not clear or sharp, so the edges or details are hard to see. tree →

2) Blurred is the past form of blur: to become unclear or to make something unclear. tree →

3) (figurative) Blurred lines or memories are not clearly separated or remembered. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons blurred vision can mean you need glasses, or that you have hit your head (a warning sign to tell an adult). In photography and art, movement makes photos blurred. In stories, tears or speed blur things. Phrases: blurred vision, a blurred photo, blurred memories, the line has blurred.

examples

• The photo was blurred because I moved the camera. tree →
• Without his glasses, the board looked blurred. tree →
• Blurred vision after a bump on the head means you must see a doctor. tree →
• Tears blurred her eyes as she waved goodbye. tree →
• The fast car was just a blurred streak. tree →
• Grandma's memories of the war are blurred now. tree →
• The line between work and play blurred during the holiday. tree →
• On certain pages the writing often appears so pale or so blurred that the page becomes a blank. tree →

note

Double r: blurred, blurring. «Blurry» is the informal adjective (a blurry picture). Opposite: sharp, clear, 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.
• Signs of concussion include headache, dizziness, feeling sick, blurred vision, confusion, forgetting things, wobbling and acting differently.

Trees and pragmatics

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