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blear
[bleer]
verb (used with object)
to make dim, as with tears or inflammation.
a biting wind that bleared the vision.
adjective
(of the eyes) dim from tears.
dim; indistinct.
noun
a blur; cloudiness; dimness.
She was concerned about the recent blear in her vision.
blear
/ ɪə /
verb
(tr) to make (eyes or sight) dim with or as if with tears; blur
adjective
a less common word for bleary
Other 51Թ Forms
- blearedness noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of blear1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of blear1
Example Sentences
He gorged himself habitually at table, which made him bilious, and gave him a dim and bleared eye and flabby cheeks.
Dancers moved to salsa beats blearing out of speakers stacked in plazas under the moonlight.
They blear into a nightmare, the one scarcely distinguishable from the other.
In a statement Wednesday, the Austin-based grocery chain says the pies were sold as half and full pies packaged in blear clamshell packages and brown, kraft paper boxes.
Instead, in the blear of a Monday morning, Ms. Coleman, a 33-year-old publicist, and her fellow passengers were treated to an extraordinary note of apology — not from the railroad, but from the train’s conductor.
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