blind adj

1 unable to see [syn: unsighted] [ant: sighted]

2 unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions"

3 not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic" [syn: unreasoning]

1 people who have severe visual impairments; "he spent hours reading to the blind"

2 a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind"

3 something that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" [syn: screen]

4 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" [syn: subterfuge]

1 render unable to see

2 make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were punished and blinded"

3 make dim by comparison or conceal [syn: dim]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪnd

Noun

1. 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.
2. Any device intended to conceal or hide; as, a duck blind.
3. baseball slang An 1800s baseball term meaning no score.
4. A forced bet.
5. A player who is or was forced to make a bet.

Derived terms

• big blind
• blinders
• small blind
• Venetian blind

Translations

See also

• curtain
• jalousie

Adjective

1. Of a person or animal, unable to see.
   • 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     He was plainly blind, for he tapped before him with a stick, and wore a great green shade over his eyes and nose...

2. Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.

   The lovers were blind to each other’s faults.

3. Of a place, having little or no visibility; as, a blind corner.
4. Closed at one end; having a dead end; as, a blind hole, a blind alley.
5. Without opening; as, a blind wall.

Derived terms

• blind alley
• blind as a bat
• blind curve
• blind date
• blind drunk, sometimes abbreviated to blind - Synonyms - see
• blind gut
• blind map
• blind pig
• blind pool
• blind spot
• the blind leading the blind
• blinders
• blindness
• blinds
• blind tiger
• blindworm
• purblind
• rob somebody blind
• word-blind

Translations

See also

• anosmic
• deaf

Verb

1. To make temporarily or permanently blind.

   The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded.

   Don't wave that pencil in my face - do you want to blind me?

Translations

Related terms

• blinding

Adverb

1. Without seeing; unseeingly.
2. In three card brag, without looking at the cards dealt.

German

Etymology

Old High German blint

Adjective

1. blind

Derived terms

• blinde Passagier

See also

• blenden

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

blind

1. blind; unable or failing to see

Compounds

• blindgång
• blindgångare
• blindbock
• blindstyre

Blind can refer to:

• The state of blindness, being unable to see
• Blind or double-blind, a procedure to reduce bias in scientific experiments
• A window blind, a covering for a window
• Hunting blind, used to conceal the observer when watching or hunting birds or other animals
• A blind bet used for betting in certain forms of poker
• Hole Blind, a mechanical engineering term
• A digital signal processing term that indicates ignorance of certain parameters central to a process; e.g., blind deconvolution.
• Blind via, an electrical engineering term used in printed circuit boards.
• Blind (film), a 2007 film by Tamar van den Dop
• Blind Skateboards, a skateboard company
• The Blind (Les Aveugles) was a play written in 1890 by the Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck

Music

• Blind (Corrosion of Conformity album), an album by Corrosion of Conformity
• Blind (album), a 1992 album by The Sundays
• Blind (band), a rock music group from Germany, founded in 2002
• "Blind", a song by Gomez from their album Split the Difference
• Blind (song), a song by Korn
• "Blind", a song by Placebo
• "Blind (Industrial Frost Song)" , a single by the band Industrial Frost
• "Blind", a song by Company Flow
• Blind (Lifehouse song), a song by Lifehouse
• "Blind", a song by TV on the Radio from their 2003 EP Young Liars
• "Blind", a single by Wolfsheim (band)
• "Blind", a song by Deep Purple from their 1969 album Deep Purple
• "Blind", a song by Talking Heads from their 1988 album Naked
• "Blind", a song by Freak Kitchen
• "Blind", a song by Silverchair
• "Blind", a song and music video by Montréal 3rd wave ska group The Planet Smashers
• "Blind (Breed 77 song)", a song by Breed 77 from their album In My Blood
• "Blind", a song by Hercules and Love Affair from album "Hercules and Love Affair"

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