Blinde (adjective)
archaic spelling of blind
Blinde (verb)
archaic spelling of blind
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.
“The lovers were blind to each other’s faults.”
“Authors are blind to their own defects.”
Blind (adjective)
Of a place, having little or no visibility.
“a blind path; a blind ditch; a blind corner”
Blind (adjective)
Closed at one end; having a dead end
“a blind gut”
Blind (adjective)
Having no openings for light or passage.
“a blind wall, a blind alley”
Blind (adjective)
smallest or slightest in phrases such as
“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.”
Blind (adjective)
without any prior knowledge.
“He took a blind guess at which fork in the road would take him to the airport.”
Blind (adjective)
unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
“blind deference”
“blind justice”
“blind punishment”
Blind (adjective)
Unintelligible or illegible.
“a blind passage in a book; blind writing”
Blind (adjective)
Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.
“blind buds; blind flowers”
Blind (noun)
A 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.
“a duck blind”
Blind (noun)
Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.
Blind (noun)
A blindage.
Blind (noun)
A halting place.
Blind (noun)
No score.
Blind (noun)
A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.
“The blinds are $10/$20 and the ante is $1.”
Blind (noun)
A player who is forced to pay such a bet.
“The blinds immediately folded when I reraised.”
Blind (noun)
Those who are blind, taken as a group.
“Braille is a writing system for the blind.”
Blind (verb)
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?”
Blind (verb)
To curse.
Blind (verb)
To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
Blind (verb)
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.
Blind (adverb)
Without seeing; unseeingly.
Blind (adverb)
Without looking at the cards dealt.
Blind (adjective)
unable to see because of injury, disease, or a congenital condition
“guide dogs for the blind”
“he was blind in one eye”
“a blind man with a stick”
Blind (adjective)
(of an action, especially a test or experiment) done without being able to see or without having relevant information
“a blind tasting of eight wines”
Blind (adjective)
(of flying) using instruments only
“blind landings during foggy conditions”
Blind (adjective)
lacking perception, awareness, or judgement
“she was blind to the realities of her position”
“a blind acceptance of the status quo”
Blind (adjective)
not controlled by reason
“they left in blind panic”
Blind (adjective)
not governed by purpose
“a world of blind chance”
Blind (adjective)
(of a corner or bend in a road) impossible to see round
“two trucks collided on a blind curve in the road”
Blind (adjective)
(of a door or window) walled up
“fresco paintings on the blind windows”
Blind (adjective)
closed at one end
“a blind pipe”
Blind (adjective)
not the slightest (used in emphatic expressions)
“this declaration is not a blind bit of good to the workers”
Blind (adjective)
(of a plant) without buds, eyes, or terminal flowers
“planting too shallowly is the most common cause of bulbs coming up blind”
Blind (verb)
cause (someone) to be unable to see, permanently or temporarily
“her eyes were blinded with scalding tears”
“the injury temporarily blinded him”
Blind (verb)
deprive (someone) of understanding, judgement, or perception
“he was blinded by his faith”
“somehow Clare and I were blinded to the truth”
Blind (verb)
confuse or overawe someone with (something they do not understand)
“they try to blind you with science”
Blind (verb)
move very fast and dangerously
“I could see the bombs blinding along above the roof tops”
Blind (noun)
a screen for a window, especially one on a roller or made of slats
“she pulled down the blinds”
Blind (noun)
an awning over a shop window.
Blind (noun)
something designed to conceal one’s real intentions
“he phoned again from his own home: that was just a blind for his wife”
Blind (noun)
a camouflaged shelter used for observing or hunting wildlife
“a duck blind”
Blind (noun)
a heavy drinking bout
“he’s off on a blind again”
Blind (adverb)
without being able to see clearly
“he was the first pilot in history to fly blind”
“wines were tasted blind”
Blind (adverb)
without having all the relevant information; unprepared
“he was going into the interview blind”
Blind (adverb)
(of a stake in poker or brag) put up by a player before the cards dealt are seen.