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1. (adj.) blind
unable to see; lacking the sense of sight.
2. blind
unwilling or unable to understand:
blind to their faults.
3. blind
not characterized or determined by reason or control:
blind chance.
4. blind
absolute and unquestioning:
blind faith.
5. blind
lacking all consciousness or awareness:
a blind stupor.
6. blind
drunk.
7. blind
hard to see or understand:
blind reasoning.
8. blind
hidden from immediate view:
a blind corner.
9. blind
of concealed or undisclosed identity; sponsored anonymously:
a blind ad signed only with a box number.
10. blind
having no outlets; closed at one end:
a blind passage.
11. blind
(of an archway, arcade, etc.) having no windows, passageways, or the like.
12. blind
done by instruments alone:
blind flying.
13. blind
made without some prior knowledge:
a blind purchase.
14. blind
of or pertaining to an experimental design that prevents investigators or subjects from knowing the hypotheses or conditions being tested.
15. blind
of, pertaining to, or for blind persons.
16. (v.t.) blind
to make sightless permanently or temporarily, as by injuring, dazzling, or bandaging the eyes.
17. blind
to make obscure or dark:
The room was blinded by heavy curtains.
18. blind
to deprive of discernment, reason, or judgment.
19. blind
to outshine; eclipse:
a radiance that doth blind the sun.
20. (n.) blind
something that obstructs vision.
21. blind
a window covering with horizontal or vertical slats.
22. blind
a lightly built structure of brush or other growths, esp. one in which hunters conceal themselves.
23. blind
an activity, organization, or the like for concealing a true action or purpose; subterfuge.
24. (adv.) blind
to the point of losing consciousness:
to drink oneself blind.
25. blind
without the ability to see clearly; blindly:
to drive blind through a storm.
26. blind
without guidance, proper information, etc.:
to work blind.
27. blind
to an extreme degree; completely.
28. blind
fly blind, to pilot an airplane during conditions of poor visibility with only instruments for guidance.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME, OE)
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| Definition of 'blind' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) blind
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
"he spent hours reading to the blind"
2. (noun) blind
a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
"he waited impatiently in the blind"
3. (noun) blind, screen
a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
"they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"
4. (adj) subterfuge, blind
something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
"he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"
5. (adj) blind, unsighted
unable to see
"a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan
6. (adj) blind
unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
"blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions"
7. (verb) blind, unreasoning
not based on reason or evidence
"blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"
8. (verb) blind
render unable to see
9. (verb) blind
make blind by putting the eyes out
"The criminals were punished and blinded"
10. (verb) blind, dim
make dim by comparison or conceal
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1. (adjective) blind
≠ sighted
blind since birth
2. blind
go blind
become blind
He went blind as a result of the accident.
3. blind
unwilling to recognize the truth
the government has been blind to the region's poverty
4. blind
without reason
blind hatred/faith/panic; Love is blind.; My blindness is not a curse.
5. (verb) blind
to cause sb to become unable to see
an explosion which blinded him
6. blind
to prevent sb from recognizing truth
people who are blinded by ambition
7. (noun) blind
a covering that pulls down over a window
Close the blinds.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) blind
destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight
2. (adj) blind
not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects
3. (adj) blind
undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate
4. (adj) blind
having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch
5. (adj) blind
involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced
6. (adj) blind
having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut
7. (adj) blind
unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing
8. (adj) blind
abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers
9. (noun) blind
something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse
10. (noun) blind
something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge
11. (noun) blind
a blindage. See Blindage
12. (noun) blind
a halting place
13. (noun) blind
alt. of Blinde
14. (verb) blind
to make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment
15. (verb) blind
to deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle
16. (verb) blind
to darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive
17. (verb) blind
to cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled
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Sense: not able to see
a blind man.
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 Afrikaans: blinde |
 Arabic: أعْمى |
 Bulgarian: сляп |
 Brazilian: cego |
 Czech: slepý |
 German: blind |
 Danish: blind |
 Greek: τυφλός |
 Spanish: ciego |
 Estonian: pime |
 Farsi: نابینا |
 Finnish: sokea |
 French: aveugle |
 Hebrew: עִוֵר @@@עִיווֵר$$$ |
 Hindi: अंधा |
 Croatian: slijep |
 Hungarian: vak |
 Indonesian: buta |
 Icelandic: blindur |
 Italian: cieco |
 Japanese: 盲目の |
 Korean: 눈먼 |
 Lithuanian: aklas |
 Latvian: akls; neredzīgs |
 Malay: buta |
 Dutch: blind |
 Norwegian: blind |
 Polish: niewidomy |
 Persian: نابینا |
 Pashto: ړوند ، نه لیدونکی |
 Portuguese: cego |
 Romanian: orb |
 Russian: слепой |
 Slovak: slepý |
 Slovenian: slep |
 Serbian: slep |
 Swedish: blind |
 Thai: บอด |
 Turkish: kör, görmez, âmâ |
 Taiwanese: 瞎的 |
 Ukrainian: сліпий |
 Urdu: نابینا ، اندھا |
 Vietnamese: mù |
 Chinese: 瞎的 |
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