About The Word Blear
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Blear
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What's The Definition Of Blear?
[adj] tired to the point of exhaustion
[v] make dim or indistinct; "The drug blurs my vision" Synonyms | Synonyms for Blear: blear-eyed | bleary | bleary-eyed | blur | tired Related Terms | Find terms related to Blear: See Also | alter | change | dim | slur Blear In Webster's Dictionary \Blear\, a. [See {Blear}, v.]
1. Dim or sore with water or rheum; -- said of the eyes.
His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin. --Dryden.
2. Causing or caused by dimness of sight; dim.
Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion.
--Milton.
\Blear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bleared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blearing}.] [OE. bleren; cf. Dan. plire to blink, Sw. plira to twinkle, wink, LG. plieren; perh. from the same root as E. blink. See {Blink}, and cf. {Blur}.] To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral perception); to blind; to hoodwink. That tickling rheums Should ever tease the lungs and blear the sight. --Cowper. {To blear the eye of}, to deceive; to impose upon. [Obs.] --Chaucer. |
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