Definition of blind Blind

/blajˈnd/ - [blaynd] - blind

We found 55 definitions of blind from 9 different sources.

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What does blind mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: blinds

blind - a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"
  screen
  protective cover, protective covering, protection the tough natural covering of some organisms
  curtain, drapery, drape, pall, mantle hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
  shutter a hinged blind for a window
  window blind a blind for privacy or to keep out light
blind - people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group; "he spent hours reading to the blind"
  people members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?"
blind - a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind"
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"
  subterfuge

Verb

blinds, blinding, blinded  

blind - render unable to see
  bedazzle, daze, dazzle amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill; "Her arguments dazzled everyone"; "The dancer dazzled the audience with his turns and jumps"
  seel sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons
  snow-blind affect with snow blindness; "the glare of the sun snow-blinded her"
blind - make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were punished and blinded"
  modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
  abacinate blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes; "The prisoners were abacinated by their captors"
blind - make dim by comparison or conceal
  dim
  darken make dark or darker; "darken a room"

Adjective

blind, blinder, blindest

blind - 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
  unsighted
  sighted able to see
  blinded deprived of sight
  blindfold, blindfolded wearing a blindfold
  color-blind, colour-blind unprejudiced about race
  dazzled stupefied or dizzied by something overpowering; "I fall back dazzled at beholding myself all rosy red, / At having, I myself, caused the sun to rise."- `Chanticler' by Rostand
  deuteranopic, green-blind inability to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red
  dim-sighted, near-blind, sand-blind, visually challenged, visually impaired, purblind having greatly reduced vision
  sightless, eyeless, unseeing lacking eyes or eyelike features; "eyeless fish that evolved in dark caves"; "an eyeless needle"
  protanopic, red-blind inability to see the color red or to distinguish red and bluish-green
  snow-blind, snow-blinded temporarily blinded by exposure to light reflected from snow or ice
  stone-blind completely blind
blind - unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions"
blind - not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"
  unreasoning
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • blind (Noun)
    A covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
  • blind (Noun)
    A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
  • blind (Noun)
    Any device intended to conceal or hide; as, a duck blind.
  • blind (Noun)
    No score.
  • blind (Noun)
    A forced bet.
  • blind (Noun)
    A player who is or was forced to make a bet.
  • blind (Verb)
    To make temporarily or permanently blind.
  • blind (Verb)
    To curse.
  • blind (Adverb)
    Without seeing; unseeingly.
  • blind (Adverb)
    Without looking at the cards dealt.
  • blind (Adjective)
    Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
  • blind (Adjective)
    Unable to be used to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
  • blind (Adjective)
    Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.
  • blind (Adjective)
    Of a place, having little or no visibility; as, a blind corner.
  • blind (Adjective)
    Closed at one end; having a dead end ; as, a blind hole , a blind alley.
  • blind (Adjective)
    Without opening; as, a blind wall.
  • blind (Adjective)
    smallest or slightest in phrases such as.
  • blind (Adjective)
    Without any prior knowledge.
  • blind (Adjective)
    unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • blind (a.)
    Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight.
  • blind (a.)
    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.
  • blind (a.)
    Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate.
  • blind (a.)
    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.
  • blind (a.)
    Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced.
  • blind (a.)
    Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut.
  • blind (a.)
    Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing.
  • blind (a.)
    Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers.
  • blind (v. t.)
    To make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment.
  • blind (v. t.)
    To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle.
  • blind (v. t.)
    To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive.
  • blind (v. t.)
    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.
  • blind (n.)
    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.
  • blind (n.)
    Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.
  • blind (n.)
    A blindage. See Blindage.
  • blind (n.)
    A halting place.
  • blind (n.)
    Alt. of Blinde

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • blind
    Unable to see.
  • blind
    To make temporarily or permanently blind.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • blind
    blīnd, adj. without sight: dark: ignorant or undiscerning: without an opening.—n. something to mislead: a window-screen: a shade.—v.t. to make blind; to darken, obscure, or deceive; to dazzle.—pa.p. blīnd′ed; pr.p. blīnd′ing.—ns. Blind′age (mil.) a temporary wooden screen faced with earth as a protection against splinters of shell and the like; Blind′-coal, non-bituminous coal.—adj. Blind′ed, deprived of sight: without intellectual discernment.—n. Blind′er, one who or that which blinds; (pl.) a horse's blinkers.—adj. Blind′fold, having the eyes bandaged, so as not to see: thoughtless: reckless.—v.t. to cover the eyes: to mislead.—adj. Blind′ing, tending to make blind.—pr.p. making blind.—adv. Blind′ly.—ns. Blind′ness, want of sight, ignorance, folly; Blind′-side, the side on which a person is blind to danger: weak point; Blind′worm, a small reptile, like a snake, having eyes so small as to be supposed blind.—Blind-man's buff, a game in which one of the party is blindfolded and tries to catch the others. [A.S. blind; Ice. blindr.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

  • blind
    A name on the west coast of Scotland for the pogge, or miller's thumb (Cottus cataphractus).
  • blind
    Everything that covers besiegers from the enemy. (See ORILLON.)

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

  • blind
    A feint, pretence, or shift.

Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗

  • blind
    As blind as a bat.
  • blind
    Who so blind as he that will not see?

Part of speech

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  • blind, verb, present, 1st person singular of blind (infinitive).
  • blind, verb (infinitive).
  • blind, noun, singular of blinds.
  • blind, adjective.

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