/blaɪnd/
OriginFrom Middle English blynd, from Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.
- not-comparableUnable 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.”
“his blind eye”
- comparableFailing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.
“The lovers were blind to each other’s faults.”
“Authors are blind to their own defects.”
“God knows that I tried / Seeing the bright side / (I’m wide awake) / But I’m not blind anymore”
- not-comparableHaving little or no visibility.
“a blind path”
“a blind ditch”
“a blind corner”
- not-comparableClosed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.
“a blind alley”
“a blind fistula”
“a blind gut”
- not-comparableHaving no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.
“a blind wall”
“a blind alley”
- not-comparableAble to be fixed without access to one end.
- in-certain-phrasesSmallest 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.”
- not-comparableWithout 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.”
- not-comparableUnconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
“blind deference”
“blind justice”
“blind punishment”
- Using blinded study design, wherein information is purposely limited to prevent bias.
- Unintelligible or illegible.
“a blind passage in a book; blind writing”
- not having a well-defined head.
“There it was, right in the middle of my forehead - the biggest, blindest, reddest pimple I'd ever seen, just hanging there like a limpet mine.”
- Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.
“blind buds”
“blind flowers”
- slangUncircumcised.
- 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 blind bearing the monogram G.V.T. is pulled down over the waiting room window as if still in mourning for the passing of the railway.”
“Light filtered in through the blinds of the french windows. It made tremulous stripes along the scrubbed pine floor.”
- 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.”
“A gang of children […] stampede along a slatted path to a blind beside a watering hole: a wooden hut full of long benches with a slot they can peek through, invisible to the animals.”
- Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge, deception.
- A blindage.
- A hiding place.
“So, when the watchful shepherd, from the blind,
Wounds with a random shaft the careless hind”
- colloquialThe blindside.
- slangNo 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.”
- transitiveTo 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?”
“A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is […] a much greater.”
- informalTo curse, swear, use foul language
“If you’re cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind,
Don’t grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind;
Be handy and civil, and then you will find
That it’s beer for the young British soldier.”
“I could see the unfortunate man felt his position deeply, and I was surprised that he contented himself with a mere ‘Ouch !’ But I suppose these solid citizens have to learn to curb the tongue. Create”
- To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
“He ſought, but in the dark tempeſtuous Night
He knew not whither to direct his Sight.
So whirl the Seas, ſuch Darkneſs blinds the Sky,
That the black Night receives a deeper Dye.”
“The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound.”
- 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.
- Without seeing; unseeingly.
“It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind - as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness.”
- colloquialAbsolutely, totally.
“to swear blind”
“It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind - as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness.”
- Without looking at the cards dealt.
- especially, in-compoundsAs 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”.”
“If the shell is going to be baked without a filling, “baking the crust blind,” prick the bottom and sides of the crust to allow the steam to escape. Another variation: line the bottom of the crust wit”
“PIE WEIGHTS: When you are baking a crust blind, which means when you are partially or fully baking it without filling (see blind-baking, page 474), you need something to keep the crust from puffing up”
Formsblinder(comparative) · blindest(superlative) · blinde(alternative, obsolete) · blinds(plural) · blinds(present, singular, third-person) · blinding(participle, present) · blinded(participle, past) · blinded(past) · more blind(comparative) · most blind(superlative) · Blinds(plural)