blind.
Unable to see, or only partially able to see.
Meaning & usage
Unable to see, or only partially able to see.
Even a blind hen sometimes finds a grain of corn.
Braille is a writing system for the blind.
Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.
The lovers were blind to each other’s faults.
Authors are blind to their own defects.
Having little or no visibility.
a blind path
a blind ditch
Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.
a blind alley
a blind fistula
Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.
a blind wall
a blind alley
Able to be fixed without access to one end.
a blind rivet
Smallest or slightest.
I shouted, but he didn’t take a blind bit of notice.
We pulled and pulled, but it didn't make a blind bit of difference.
Without any prior knowledge.
He took a blind guess at which fork in the road would take him to the airport.
I went into the meeting totally blind, so I really didn’t have a clue what I was talking about.
Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
blind deference
blind justice
Using blinded study design, wherein information is purposely limited to prevent bias.
a blind trial
Unintelligible or illegible.
a blind passage in a book; blind writing
not having a well-defined head.
Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.
blind buds
blind flowers
Uncircumcised.
Where this word comes from
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.
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.
A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
A place where people can hide in order to observe wildlife.
a duck blind
Field biologists use blinds, and so do hunters.
Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge, deception.
A blindage.
A hiding place.
The blindside.
No score.
A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.
The blinds are $10 and $20, and the ante is $1.
A player who is forced to pay such a bet.
The blinds immediately folded when I reraised.
Where this word comes from
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.
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?
To curse, swear, use foul language
To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
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.
Where this word comes from
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.
Without seeing; unseeingly.
Absolutely, totally.
to swear blind
Without looking at the cards dealt.
As a pastry case only, without any filling.
Blind bake your pie case for fifteen minutes, then add the filling. This will help avoid a “soggy bottom”.
Where this word comes from
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.
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