Definitions for blinks
blinks

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1. blinks, blinking chickweed, water chickweed, Montia lamprospermanoun

   small Indian lettuce of northern regions

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1. blinks

   Montia fontana, commonly known as blinks or water blinks, water chickweed or annual water miner's lettuce, is a herbaceous annual plant of the genus Montia. It is a common plant that can be found in wet environments around the globe, from the tropics to the Arctic. It is quite variable in morphology, taking a variety of forms. It is sometimes aquatic. Montia fontana is divided into four subspecies, subsp. fontana, subsp. amporitana, subsp. chondrosperma and subsp. variabilisIn some countries like Spain it is consumed as salad and it is highly demanded in markets and restaurants specialized in foraged foods like wild mushrooms.

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1. blinks

   Blinks are rapid closing and opening of the eyelids, often done unconsciously. They serve to protect and moisten the eyes.

Matched Categories

1. • Indian Lettuce

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce blinks?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Mia

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   Karen

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How to say blinks in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of blinks in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of blinks in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of blinks in a Sentence

1. Chaim Potok:

   What does it mean to have to suffer so much if our lives are nothing more than the blink of an eye? … I learned a long time ago, Reuven, that a blink of an eye in itself is nothing. But the eye that blinks, that is something.

2. Kok Chwee Sim:

   At night and in darkness, one could even distinguish a Boeing aircraft from an Airbus aircraft by the way the strobe -- the white light at the tip of the wing -- blinks.

3. Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse Dune, Mentat Fixe:

   Ready comprehension is often a knee-jerk response and the most dangerous form of understanding. It blinks an opaque screen over your ablility to learn. The judgemental precedents of law function that way, littering your path with dead ends. Be warned. Understand nothing. All comprehension is temporary.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=blinks
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinks
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=blinks