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Meaning of "blear" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BLEAR

Blere to make dim; related to Middle High German blerre blurred vision.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BLEAR

blear  [blɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLEAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blear is a verb and can also act as an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb blear in English.

WHAT DOES BLEAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of blear in the English dictionary

The definition of blear in the dictionary is to make dim with or as if with tears; blur.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BLEAR

PRESENT

Present
I blear
you blear
he/she/it blears
we blear
you blear
they blear
Present continuous
I am blearing
you are blearing
he/she/it is blearing
we are blearing
you are blearing
they are blearing
Present perfect
I have bleared
you have bleared
he/she/it has bleared
we have bleared
you have bleared
they have bleared
Present perfect continuous
I have been blearing
you have been blearing
he/she/it has been blearing
we have been blearing
you have been blearing
they have been blearing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I bleared
you bleared
he/she/it bleared
we bleared
you bleared
they bleared
Past continuous
I was blearing
you were blearing
he/she/it was blearing
we were blearing
you were blearing
they were blearing
Past perfect
I had bleared
you had bleared
he/she/it had bleared
we had bleared
you had bleared
they had bleared
Past perfect continuous
I had been blearing
you had been blearing
he/she/it had been blearing
we had been blearing
you had been blearing
they had been blearing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will blear
you will blear
he/she/it will blear
we will blear
you will blear
they will blear
Future continuous
I will be blearing
you will be blearing
he/she/it will be blearing
we will be blearing
you will be blearing
they will be blearing
Future perfect
I will have bleared
you will have bleared
he/she/it will have bleared
we will have bleared
you will have bleared
they will have bleared
Future perfect continuous
I will have been blearing
you will have been blearing
he/she/it will have been blearing
we will have been blearing
you will have been blearing
they will have been blearing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would blear
you would blear
he/she/it would blear
we would blear
you would blear
they would blear
Conditional continuous
I would be blearing
you would be blearing
he/she/it would be blearing
we would be blearing
you would be blearing
they would be blearing
Conditional perfect
I would have blear
you would have blear
he/she/it would have blear
we would have blear
you would have blear
they would have blear
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been blearing
you would have been blearing
he/she/it would have been blearing
we would have been blearing
you would have been blearing
they would have been blearing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you blear
we let´s blear
you blear
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to blear
Past participle
bleared
Present Participle
blearing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLEAR


amelia
əˈmiːlɪə
Anglia
ˈæŋɡlɪə
Australia
ɒˈstreɪlɪə
cavalier
ˌkævəˈlɪə
chandelier
ˌʃændɪˈlɪə
chevalier
ˌʃɛˈvælɪə
clear
klɪə
collier
ˈkɒlɪə
Delia
ˈdiːlɪə
earlier
ˈɜːlɪə
familiar
fəˈmɪlɪə
Leah
ˈlɪə
leer
lɪə
magnolia
mæɡˈnəʊlɪə
memorabilia
ˌmɛmərəˈbɪlɪə
Mongolia
mɒŋˈɡəʊlɪə
nuclear
ˈnjuːklɪə
peculiar
pɪˈkjuːlɪə
Somalia
səʊˈmɑːlɪə
unclear
ʌnˈklɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLEAR

bleached
bleacher
bleacherite
bleachers
bleachery
bleaching powder
bleak
bleakish
bleakly
bleakness
blear-eyed
bleared
blearier
bleariest
blearily
bleariness
bleary
bleary-eyed
Bleasdale
bleat

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLEAR

all clear
antinuclear
binuclear
cochlear
homonuclear
in clear
in the clear
internuclear
intranuclear
macronuclear
mononuclear
multinuclear
non-nuclear
photonuclear
polymorphonuclear
polynuclear
pronuclear
subnuclear
the coast is clear
thermonuclear

Synonyms and antonyms of blear in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «blear» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLEAR

Find out the translation of blear to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blear from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blear» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

朦胧
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

blear
570 millions of speakers

English

blear
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नासाफ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دامع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

blear
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

blear
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝাপসা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chassieux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Blear
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

trübe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

blear
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

blear
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Blear
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

làm mờ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தெளிவற்றதாக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंधुक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yaşartmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

offuscato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

blear
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

blear
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

încețoșat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θολός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tranend
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

blear
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

blear
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blear

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLEAR»

The term «blear» is quite widely used and occupies the 44.097 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLEAR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blear

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLEAR»

Discover the use of blear in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blear and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... dreary, funereal, morne, oppressive, somber blear vb syn DULL 4, blur, dim blear adj syn FAINT 2, bleary, dim, ill-defined, indistinct, obscure, shadowy, unclear, undetermined, vague blear-eyed adj syn STUPID 1, beef-witted, blear- witted, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
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Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
the dignity of an honest man, than of the blear eyed owl to cast scandal on the sun. L' Estrange. His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin ; His beard was stubble, and his cheeks were thin. Dryden. When thou shalt sec the blear cy'd fathers ...
Samuel Johnson, 1827
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London encyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of science, ...
BLEAR', v. & adj.~\ Germ, blacn, from Blear'ness, f which is derived the Blear ed'j; ess, I Dutch, bluer, a blister, Blear'eyed. j pustule or tumor. It is applied to diseases of the eye, which, by rheum or water, produce dimness or obscurity of vision.
Thomas Tegg, 1829
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis
Bleak; cold; chill: On flirubs they browze, and, on the blealzy top Of ruggedA-hills, the thorny bramble crop. Dryden. BLEAR,*adj. lbleeer, a blister, Dun] Dim with rheum or water; sore with rheunL-It is a tradition that blear eyes affect sound eyes .
John Wilkes, 1810
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
BLEAR', v. & adj.~\ Germ. blacn, from Bleab/ness, (which is derived the Bleared' ness, t Dutch, blaer, a blister, Blear'eyed. J pustule or tumor. It is applied to diseases of the eye, which, by rheum or water, produce dimness or obscurity of vision.
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington), 1839
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The London Encyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of ...
BLEAR', v. & udj.-\ Germ, blaen, from Blear'ness, (which is derived the Blea red's ess, I Dutch, blaer, a blister, Blear'eyed. J pustule or tumor. It is applied to diseases of the eye, which, by rheum or water, produce dimness or obscurity of vision.
Thomas Curtis, 1829
7
The Poetical Works of John Milton
v My dazzling spells into the spungy air, i/Of power to cheat the eye with blear illusion, 1 5 ; Ver. 154. My dazzling spells at/9 spungy air,] Fletcher, Faith, Shep. A. iii. S. i. vol. iii. p. 150. " I strew these herbs to purge the air : " Let your odour drive ...
John Milton, Henry John Todd, 1801
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Webster's II New College Dictionary
bleak 'nci* n. bleak1 iblekj n [ME bleke <• OE blfc. bnghi.; A European freshwater hsh ot the genus Albumu*. whose silverv scales are used to make artificial pearls blear H vi bleared, blear -ing, blears. ;MEWeren ; 1. To blur .the eves, with or as ...
Houghton Mifflin Company, Webster, 1999
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Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
Andblight app comes fromthe same Gmc r as bleach. blear (vhence n), blear (adj) , bleary; blur (v hence n), blurry. 'To blear',render dimand watery, derivesfromMEbleren,cfLG bleeroged, bleareyed; the ME adjblere, whenceE blear,is cognate, ...
Eric Partridge, 2006
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Simon & Schuster Super Crossword Puzzle Dictionary And ...
... 8 desolate; 9 inclement blear: 4 blur; 6 bleary; 9 blear-eyed; 10 bleary-eyed blear-eyed: 5 blear; 6 bleary; 7 one-eyed; 8 moon-eyed, mope-eyed; 10 bleary- eyed, goggle-eyed; 14 gooseberry-eyed bleary: 4 hazy; 5 blear, foggy, fuzzy, muzzy; ...
Seth Godin, Lark Productions LLC, Seth Godin Productions, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLEAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blear is used in the context of the following news items.
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Courtney Barnett makes Pyramid Stage debut at Glasto
Opening with 'Elevator Operator', the ever-rising Aussie singer-songwriter charmed the blear-eyed main stage goers with a set of breezy cuts ... «Gigwise, Jun 15»
2
Sex Lives And Disabilities
One observer at the time, Reginald Scot (a justice of the peace in Kent), noted that they were “commonly old, lame, blear-eyed, pale, foul, full of ... «Science 2.0, May 15»
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Colombia orders air raids in response to FARC ambush
Click below to listen to correspondent James Blear's report: The ambush occurred in Colombia's South Western region of Cauca. In response to ... «Vatican Radio, Apr 15»
4
Golden Gate Bullship Race – Not for the faint of heart
Many of the earliest sailors from the older days still arrive early and provide support, as the blear-eyed contestants arrive and enjoy the ... «Sail World, Apr 15»
5
Handful of UK spies accessed private information inappropriately …
... should think unauthorised spying was widespread. Hazel Blear, that queen of ethical politics and expenses, has spoken - so it must be true! «The Guardian, Mar 15»
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Recruit Female Spies from Mumsnet, Security Agencies Told
“There is a strong business imperative for greater diversity in the agencies,” Ms Blear said. “They should reflect the population they serve but, ... «Breitbart News, Mar 15»
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Sex, Lives and Disability: What Disabled Bodies Can Teach Us …
One observer at the time, Reginald Scot (a justice of the peace in Kent), noted that they were "commonly old, lame, blear-eyed, pale, foul, full of ... «Gizmodo, Mar 15»
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L.A. Theater Review: 'The Darrell Hammond Project'
Hard to say, though occasional smiles and eye twinkles emerging past the blear were encouraging. (And if the memoir's wryly sunny tone is ... «Variety, Feb 15»
9
'Is Unemployment Structurally Mocked?' Joblessness in Verse
With hopes for happiness alive but blear. Just raising productivity falls short. Of proving labor works efficiently. If other inputs play the leading ... «Wall Street Journal, Jan 15»
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The Dog in the Dickensian Imagination by Beryl Gray – review
Only at the advanced age of seven did poor Timber begin to show interest in a “drivelling, blear-eyed little tame rabbit of the female sex”, ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»

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