Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
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.
verb
- (tr) to make (eyes or sight) dim with or as if with tears; blur
adjective
- a less common word for bleary
c.1300, blere “watery, rheumy,” perhaps related to blur. Cf. Middle High German blerre “having blurred vision.”
“to dim (of vision); to have watery or rheumy eyes,” early 14c., of uncertain origin, possibly from an Old English *blerian, from the same source as blear (adj.). Related: Bleared; blearing.