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US
/ˈbɫaɪnd/
]
[ UK /blˈaɪnd/ ]
[ UK /blˈaɪnd/ ]
VERB
- render unable to see
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make blind by putting the eyes out
The criminals were punished and blinded - make dim by comparison or conceal
NOUN
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something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
the holding company was just a blind
he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge -
a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
he waited impatiently in the blind -
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
he spent hours reading to the blind -
a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet
ADJECTIVE
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unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
blind to a lover's faults
blind to the consequences of their actions -
not based on reason or evidence
unreasoning panic
blind hatred
blind faith -
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
How To Use blind In A Sentence
- The recession blindsided a lot of lawyers who had previously taken for granted their comfortable income.
- A partially blind, poor, black man with little or no book learning outside of the Bible heard a call.
- If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
- I have found that a tool guided by a straight-edge, and "jiggered" backwards and forwards, makes by far the best lines for blind-tool work. Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians
- On Continental Europe no one ever pays a blind bit of notice to them.
- The wall paper and carpets are mostly green, coeval with the gasalier and the Venetian blinds. The Doctor's Dilemma
- He is blind in both eyes.
- The sun was so strong we had to pull down the blinds.
- Some paragliding pilots liken their sport to paddling a Class V river while blindfolded.
- The women turn a blind eye.