Past tense of blur
regular verb
The past tense of blur is blurred. The past participle is also blurred.
Forms of blur
| Base form (V1) | blur /ˈblɜː/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | blurred /blɜːd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | blurred /blɜːd/ |
| Present participle | blurring |
| Third person singular | blurs /blɜːz/ |
Blurred in a sentence
- Lines are often blurred when it comes to determining when a tech company becomes a FinTech.2019 February 5, Banking Circle, “What is FinTech, and what does it mean for your business?”, in News and Events: Insights, archived from…. From the entry fintech
- (Unciferous branches used for infantile convulsions, high fever, headache, hypertension, blurred vision, dizziness.2012, Umberto Quattrocchi, CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and…. From the entry unciferous
- Good bokeh renders the out-of-focus areas as smooth, uniform, and generally circular shapes with nicely blurred edges.2010, Charlotte K. Lowrie, “Exploring Canon Lenses and Accessories”, in Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D Digital Field Guide, Indianapolis, Ind.…. From the entry bokeh
- All that was really visibly certain was the gleaming azurity of Airsing's eyes—everything else blurred in comparison.2010, Taylor J. Beisler, A Krintary Në Clemèntiós: The Clash of Worlds, page 297. From the entry azurity
- It's actually doing a reasonable job of unblurring the artificially blurred image with only a few defects.2009, Bruce Fraser, Jeff Schewe, Real World Image Sharpening with Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw, and Lightroom. From the entry unblur
Meaning of blur
- verb To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
- verb To smear, stain or smudge.
- verb To become indistinct.
Questions about the past tense of blur
- What is the past tense of blur?
- The past tense of blur is blurred.
- What is the past participle of blur?
- The past participle of blur is blurred.
- Is blur a regular or irregular verb?
- Blur is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: blur (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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