English Explanatory Dictionary

blind

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Unable to see, or only partially able to see.
  2. Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.
  3. Having little or no visibility.
  4. Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.
  5. Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.
  6. Able to be fixed without access to one end.
  7. Smallest or slightest.
  8. Without any prior knowledge.
  9. Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
  10. Using blinded study design, wherein information is purposely limited to prevent bias.
  11. Unintelligible or illegible.
  12. not having a well-defined head.
noun
  1. A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
  2. A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
  3. A place where people can hide in order to observe wildlife.
  4. Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge, deception.
  5. A blindage.
  6. A hiding place.
  7. The blindside.
  8. No score.
  9. A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.
  10. A player who is forced to pay such a bet.
verb
  1. To make temporarily or permanently blind.
  2. To curse, swear, use foul language
  3. To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
  4. To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
adv
  1. Without seeing; unseeingly.
  2. Absolutely, totally.
  3. Without looking at the cards dealt.
  4. As a pastry case only, without any filling.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈblaɪ̯nd/ [ˈblaɪ̯nd] en-us-blind.ogg /ˈblaːnd/ [ˈblaːnd]

Word forms

blind blinder blindest blinde blinds blinding blinded more blind most blind

Etymology

From Middle English blynd, from Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz. Cognate with Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish blind, Faroese and Icelandic blindur.

Synonyms

sightless rollsign

Antonyms

seeing sighted

Related words

invisible print disabled curtain jalousie

Derived words

a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse are you blind beblind blind abscess blind alley blind as a bat blind as a beetle blind as an owl blind axle blind bag Blind Bight blind bit blind boil blind box blind carbon copy blind coal blind-copy blind curve blind date blind drunk blind ecash blind envelope blind excuse blind faith blindfish blind-fly blindfold blind folio Blind Freddy blindful blind grass blind gut blind hockey blind hole blindhood Blind Hookey blindie blindish blindism blind item blind lantern blind leading the blind blind level blind loop syndrome blindly blindman blindman's buff blind massage blind mole-rat blind nailing blind passenger blind person blind pig blind pocket blind pool blind quote blind rage blind reader blind rivet blinds

Translations

Asturian: ciegu Catalan: cec Finnish: sokea Galician: cego German: blind German: unkritisch German: ignorant Portuguese: cego Spanish: ciego Ottoman Turkish: كور
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