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blind

/blaɪnd/

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What does blind mean?

adjective

  1. Unable to see, or only partially able to see.
  2. Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.
  3. Having little or no visibility.
More meanings (30)

adjective

  1. Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.
  2. Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.
  3. Able to be fixed without access to one end.
  4. Smallest or slightest.
  5. Without any prior knowledge.
  6. Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
  7. Using blinded study design, wherein information is purposely limited to prevent bias.
  8. Unintelligible or illegible.
  9. not having a well-defined head.
  10. Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.
  11. Uncircumcised.

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. (slang) 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. (informal) 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.

adverb

  1. Without seeing; unseeingly.
  2. Absolutely, totally.
  3. Without looking at the cards dealt.
  4. As a pastry case only, without any filling.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
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IPA pronunciation

/blaɪnd/

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See this word in context.

In this blind alley there were tolerably low walls which abutted on gardens whose bounds adjoined the immense stretches of waste land.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
Though I could not be blind to the emotions of that passionate Eastern soul, yet I strove not to think of them.
Sax RohmerThe Insidious Dr. Fu ManchuProject Gutenberg ebook #173
More book examples (3)
At this period the old man was deaf with one ear, blind with one eye, nearly toothless, and labouring under multiplied infirmities.
Andrew SteinmetzThe Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 1 (of 2)Project Gutenberg ebook #466
The projected move to Chantilly, as a fact, was merely a blind to cover a flight out of Sophie's reach and influence.
Victor MacClureShe Stands AccusedProject Gutenberg ebook #488
I had previously been into another chamber, where a number of blind boys were swinging, and climbing, and engaged in various sports.
Charles DickensAmerican NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #675