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