2. (verb) to be out of sight, lost.
Synonyms: ngaro, makere, tuakaihau, henumi, tārekoreko
3. (modifier) indistinctly, unclearly, blurry, faintly, vaguely.
Mehemea kāore ia i te mau i ana mōhiti, ka pōhēhē ia he whakaahua makaro tēnā. / If she is not wearing her glasses she will think that it is a blurry photograph.
4. (noun) blur, blurriness, dimness, haziness, vagueness.
I āta pēnei ai te hākirikiri, te makaro o ngā pātai kia hemo ai ngā wero mai a te Tari Tātari Kaute (HM 4/1994:4). / The vagueness and haziness of the questions was done deliberately so that the probing of the Audit Office would cease.
