different between oasis vs blur

English

Etymology

From Late Latin Oasis, from Ancient Greek ????? (Óasis), from Demotic w?j, from Egyptian w??t (“oasis, cauldron”),

Compare Sahidic Coptic ????? (ouahe) and Arabic ??????? (w??a).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???e?s?s/, /???e?s?s/
• (US) enPR: ?-?'s?s, ?-?'s?s, IPA^(key): /o??e?s?s/, /o??e?s?s/
• Rhymes: -e?s?s, -e?s?s

Noun

oasis (plural oases or oasises)

1. A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert.
2. A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle.

Synonyms

• (quiet place or situation): island, refuge

Usage notes

The plural oasises is rare and sometimes proscribed.

Related terms

• oasal
• oasitic

Translations

Anagrams

• ossia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.a.zis/

Noun

oasis m or f (plural oasis)

1. oasis

Further reading

• “oasis” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• osais

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?a.sis/

Noun

oasis m (plural oases)

1. oasis (spring of fresh water in a desert)
2. oasis (quiet, peaceful place)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?o??si?s/

Noun

oasis

1. locative singular of oassi

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin Oasis (“name of various oases”), from Ancient Greek ????? (Óasis), from Demotic w?j, from Egyptian w??t (“oasis, cauldron”),

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?asis/, [o?a.sis]

Noun

oasis m (plural oasis)

1. oasis

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oasis.

Noun

oasis

1. oasis

English

Etymology

From earlier blurre, probably an alteration of blear, from Middle English bleren, from Old English blerian. Compare Scots blore, bloar (“to blur, cover with blots”). More at blear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bl?(?)/

Verb

blur (third-person singular simple present blurs, present participle blurring, simple past and past participle blurred)

1. To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.

2. To smear, stain or smudge.

3. (intransitive) To become indistinct.
4. To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
   • 1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay

     His eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare.

5. (obsolete, transitive) To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.

   • Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, / But cannot blur my lost renown.

6. (graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus away from.
   • 2003, John Pollock, JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide, Second Edition (page 175)

     Then give this box focus to blur the first one: […]

   • 2001, Martin Webb, Michel Plungjan, Keith Drakard, Instant JavaScript (page 678)

     These form elements need to have an onFocus event handler to blur the current focus.

Synonyms

• (make indistinct or hazy): pixelate, smooth
• (move input focus from): unfocus

Antonyms

• sharpen

Translations

Noun

blur (plural blurs)

1. A smear, smudge or blot
2. Something that appears hazy or indistinct
3. (obsolete) A moral stain or blot.
   • 1548, Nicolas Udall, The first tome or volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the newe testamente:

     […] with her raillyng sette a great blurre on myne honesty

Derived terms

• motion blur

Translations

Adjective

blur (comparative more blur, superlative most blur)

1. (Malaysia, Singapore, informal) In a state of doubt or confusion.

Anagrams

• Burl, burl