Blear

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To blur or redden (the eyes).
  • v. To blur; dim.
  • adj. Bleary.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. dim, unclear from water or rheum.
  • v. To make blurred or dim, especially the eyes.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Dim or sore with water or rheum; -- said of the eyes.
  • adj. Causing or caused by dimness of sight; dim.
  • v. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To affect (the eyes) with flowing tears or rheum so that the sight is dimmed and indistinct; make rheumy and dim: as, “blered her eyes,”
  • To blur, as the face with weeping; obscure; obfuscate.
  • To blear one's eyes, figuratively, to deceive; hoodwink; blind.
  • To have bleared or inflamed eyes; be blear-eyed.
  • Sore or dim from a watery discharge or other superficial affection: applied only to the eyes.
  • Producing dimness of vision; blinding.
  • Dim; indistinct; confused in outlines.
  • n. Something that obscures the sight.
  • To thrust (out); protrude: with out.
  • To thrust out the tongue in mockery.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make dim or indistinct
  • adj. tired to the point of exhaustion
  • Equivalent
    tired   
    Verb Form
    bleared    blearing    blears   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    change    modify    alter   
    Cross Reference
    bleary   
    Form
    bleared    blearing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dim    blind    hoodwink    bleary    bleared    cloudy    blurred    dimmed    lackluster    dull   
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