blind
unable to see; having severely impaired or absolutely no sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
unwilling or unable to perceive or understand: They were blind to their children's faults. He was blind to all arguments.
not characterized or determined by reason or control: blind tenacity; blind chance.
not having or based on reason or intelligence; absolute and unquestioning: She had blind faith in his fidelity.
lacking all consciousness or awareness: a blind stupor.
hard to see or understand: blind reasoning.
hidden from immediate view, especially from oncoming motorists: a blind corner.
of concealed or undisclosed identity; sponsored anonymously: a blind ad signed only with a box number.
having no outlets; closed at one end: a blind passage; a blind mountain pass.
Architecture. (of an archway, arcade, etc.) having no windows, passageways, or the like.
dense enough to form a screen: a blind hedge of privet.
done without seeing; by instruments alone: blind flying.
made without some prior knowledge: a blind purchase; a blind lead in a card game.
of or relating to an experimental design that prevents investigators or subjects from knowing the hypotheses or conditions being tested.
of, relating to, or for blind persons.
Bookbinding. (of a design, title, or the like) impressed into the cover or spine of a book by a die without ink or foil.
Cooking. (of pastry shells) baked or fried without the filling.
(of a rivet or other fastener) made so that the end inserted, though inaccessible, can be headed or spread.
to make sightless permanently, temporarily, or momentarily, as by injuring, dazzling, bandaging the eyes, etc.:The explosion blinded him.We were blinded by the bright lights.
to make obscure or dark: The room was blinded by heavy curtains.
to deprive of discernment, reason, or judgment: a resentment that blinds his good sense.
to outshine; eclipse: a radiance that doth blind the sun.
something that obstructs vision, as a blinker for a horse.
a window covering having horizontal or vertical slats that can be drawn out of the way, often with the angle of the slats adjustable to admit varying amounts of light.
Chiefly Midland U.S. and British. window shade.
a lightly built structure of brush or other growths, especially one in which hunters conceal themselves: a duck blind.
an activity, organization, or the like for concealing or masking action or purpose; subterfuge: The store was just a blind for their gambling operation.
a decoy.
Slang. a bout of excessive drinking; drunken spree.
Poker. a compulsory bet made without prior knowledge of one's hand.
Usually the blind .(used with a plural verb) persons who lack the sense of sight: The blind are said to have an acute sense of hearing.
into a stupor; to the degree at which consciousness is lost: He drank himself blind.
without the ability to see clearly; lacking visibility; blindly: They were driving blind through the snowstorm.
without guidance or forethought: They were working blind and couldn't anticipate the effects of their actions.
to an extreme or absolute degree; completely: The confidence men cheated her blind.
Idioms about blind
fly blind. fly2 (def. 34).
Origin of blind
1synonym study For blind
regional variation note For blind
Other words for blind
4 | irrational, uncritical, rash, thoughtless, unreasoning |
8 | concealed |
28 | hiding place, ambush |
Opposites for blind
Other words from blind
- blind·ing·ly, adverb
- blindness, noun
- half-blind, adjective
- half-blindly, adverb
- self-blinded, adjective
Words Nearby blind
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How to use blind in a sentence
So, it’s definitely like the blind person figuring out where the stove is in the room.
What if Your Company Had No Rules? (Bonus Episode) | Maria Konnikova | September 12, 2020 | FreakonomicsDigging further into the data reveals only larger blind spots.
Despite some gains in the past year, Hollywood still has inclusion problems, study says | radmarya | September 10, 2020 | FortuneI was so blinded by how beautiful they were, how great bedtime was.
Tan France Goes Deep on Racism and When He Almost Quit ‘Queer Eye’ | Eugene Robinson | September 3, 2020 | OzyWhen Walter became blind and hard of hearing, Margaret helped him in the voting booth.
Hundreds of Thousands of Nursing Home Residents May Not Be Able to Vote in November Because of the Pandemic | by Ryan McCarthy and Jack Gillum | August 26, 2020 | ProPublicaCarefully crafted engagement cannot come from buying generic, context-blind ad exposures to consumers that simply “check the box” for a given sociodemographic or online behavior.
The numbers reinforce another article in the Post, in which cops confessed to “turning a blind eye” to minor crimes.
And in this era of impact-blind, across-the-board budget cuts, we see an opportunity.
Can the U.S. Government Go Moneyball? | Peter Orszag, Jim Nussle | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat designer West lacks in productivity, he more than makes up for in pure, unadulterated confidence and blind anger.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s Balmain Campaign: High Fashion Meets Low Culture | Amy Zimmerman | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSandra Bullock won for ‘The blind Side’ and Al Pacino lost for both Godfather movies.
Exclusive: Aaron Sorkin Thinks Male Film Roles Have Bigger ‘Degree of Difficulty’ Than Female Ones | William Boot | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTStrandf could photograph anything from a blind woman to a picket fence and make the image indelible.
On May 13 Polavieja arrived in Barcelona physically broken, half blind, and with evident traces of a disordered liver.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanThe blind Samson of labor will seize upon the pillars of society and bring them down in a common destruction.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockI do not wholly like these cold and stately English, yet I think I am not blind to their many sterling qualities.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyAnd in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousIt is a blind act of unconscious absorption, however little be absorbed.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
British Dictionary definitions for blind
/ (blaɪnd) /
unable to see; sightless
(as collective noun; preceded by the): the blind
(usually foll by to) unable or unwilling to understand or discern
not based on evidence or determined by reason: blind hatred
acting or performed without control or preparation
done without being able to see, relying on instruments for information
hidden from sight: a blind corner; a blind stitch
closed at one end: a blind alley
completely lacking awareness or consciousness: a blind stupor
informal very drunk
having no openings or outlets: a blind wall
without having been seen beforehand: a blind purchase
(of cultivated plants) having failed to produce flowers or fruits
(intensifier): not a blind bit of notice
turn a blind eye to disregard deliberately or pretend not to notice (something, esp an action of which one disapproves)
without being able to see ahead or using only instruments: to drive blind; flying blind
without adequate knowledge or information; carelessly: to buy a house blind
(intensifier) (in the phrase blind drunk)
bake blind to bake (the empty crust of a pie, pastry, etc) by half filling with dried peas, crusts of bread, etc, to keep it in shape
to deprive of sight permanently or temporarily
to deprive of good sense, reason, or judgment
to darken; conceal
(foll by with) to overwhelm by showing detailed knowledge: to blind somebody with science
(intr) British slang to drive very fast
(intr) British slang to curse (esp in the phrase effing and blinding)
(modifier) for or intended to help blind and partially sighted people: a blind school
a shade for a window, usually on a roller
any obstruction or hindrance to sight, light, or air
a person, action, or thing that serves to deceive or conceal the truth
a person who acts on behalf of someone who does not wish his identity or actions to be known
Also called: blinder British old-fashioned, slang a drunken orgy; binge
poker a stake put up by a player before he examines his cards
hunting, mainly US and Canadian a screen of brush or undergrowth, in which hunters hide to shoot their quarry: Brit name: hide
military a round or demolition charge that fails to explode
Origin of blind
1usage For blind
Derived forms of blind
- blindly, adverb
- blindness, noun
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Other Idioms and Phrases with blind
In addition to the idioms beginning with blind
- blind alley
- blind as a bat
- blind leading the blind
- blind side
- blind spot
also see:
- fly blind
- rob someone blind
- turn a blind eye
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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