Blinde vs. Blind

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  • 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.

Wiktionary
  • 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.

Oxford Dictionary

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