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blind

  [blahynd] adjective, -er, -est, verb, noun, adverb
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–adjective
1. unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
2. unwilling or unable to perceive or understand: They were blind to their children's faults. He was blind to all arguments.
3. not characterized or determined by reason or control: blind tenacity; blind chance.
4. not having or based on reason or intelligence; absolute and unquestioning: She had blind faith in his fidelity.
5. lacking all consciousness or awareness: a blind stupor.
6. drunk.
7. hard to see or understand: blind reasoning.
8. hidden from immediate view, esp. from oncoming motorists: a blind corner.
9. of concealed or undisclosed identity; sponsored anonymously: a blind ad signed only with a box number.
10. having no outlets; closed at one end: a blind passage; a blind mountain pass.
11. Architecture. (of an archway, arcade, etc.) having no windows, passageways, or the like.
12. dense enough to form a screen: a blind hedge of privet.
13. done without seeing; by instruments alone: blind flying.
14. made without some prior knowledge: a blind purchase; a blind lead in a card game.
15. of or pertaining to an experimental design that prevents investigators or subjects from knowing the hypotheses or conditions being tested.
16. of, pertaining to, or for blind persons.
17. Bookbinding. (of a design, title, or the like) impressed into the cover or spine of a book by a die without ink or foil.
18. Cookery. (of pastry shells) baked or fried without the filling.
19. (of a rivet or other fastener) made so that the end inserted, though inaccessible, can be headed or spread.
–verb (used with object)
20. 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.
21. to make obscure or dark: The room was blinded by heavy curtains.
22. to deprive of discernment, reason, or judgment: a resentment that blinds his good sense.
23. to outshine; eclipse: a radiance that doth blind the sun.
–noun
24. something that obstructs vision, as a blinker for a horse.
25. 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.
26. Venetian blind.
27. Chiefly Midland U.S. and British. window shade.
28. a lightly built structure of brush or other growths, esp. one in which hunters conceal themselves: a duck blind.
29. an activity, organization, or the like for concealing or masking action or purpose; subterfuge: The store was just a blind for their gambling operation.
30. a decoy.
31. Slang. a bout of excessive drinking; drunken spree.
32. Poker. a compulsory bet made without prior knowledge of one's hand.
33. (used with a plural verb) persons who lack the sense of sight (usually preceded by the): The blind are said to have an acute sense of hearing.
–adverb
34. into a stupor; to the degree at which consciousness is lost: He drank himself blind.
35. without the ability to see clearly; lacking visibility; blindly: They were driving blind through the snowstorm.
36. without guidance or forethought: They were working blind and couldn't anticipate the effects of their actions.
37. to an extreme or absolute degree; completely: The confidence men cheated her blind.
Origin:
bef. 1000; (adj.) ME blind, OE; c. Goth blinds, ON blindr, G, D blind (< Gmc *blindaz, perh. akin to blend; original sense uncert.); (v.) ME blinden, deriv. of the adj.

Related forms:
blind⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
blindness, noun

Synonyms:
1. Blind, stone-blind, purblind mean unable to see. Blind means unable to see with the physical eyes. Stone-blind emphasizes complete blindness. Purblind refers to weakened vision, literally or figuratively. 4. irrational, uncritical, rash, thoughtless, unreasoning. 8. concealed. 25. See curtain. 28. hiding place, ambush.

Antonyms:
1. seeing. 2. receptive. 4. rational.

Regional variation note:
27. See window shade.
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blind   (blīnd)   
adj.   blind·er, blind·est

    1. Sightless.

    2. Having a maximal visual acuity of the better eye, after correction by refractive lenses, of one-tenth normal vision or less (20/200 or less on the Snellen test).

    3. Of, relating to, or for sightless persons.

    4. Performed or made without the benefit of background information that might prejudice the outcome or result: blind taste tests used in marketing studies.

    5. Performed without preparation, experience, or knowledge: made a blind stab at answering the question.

    6. Performed by instruments and without the use of sight: blind navigation.

    7. Difficult to comprehend or see; illegible.

    8. Incompletely or illegibly addressed: blind mail.

    9. Hidden from sight: a blind seam.

    10. Screened from the view of oncoming motorists: a blind driveway.

    11. Secret or otherwise undisclosed: a blind item in a military budget.

    1. Performed or made without the benefit of background information that might prejudice the outcome or result: blind taste tests used in marketing studies.

    2. Performed without preparation, experience, or knowledge: made a blind stab at answering the question.

    3. Performed by instruments and without the use of sight: blind navigation.

    4. Difficult to comprehend or see; illegible.

    5. Incompletely or illegibly addressed: blind mail.

    6. Hidden from sight: a blind seam.

    7. Screened from the view of oncoming motorists: a blind driveway.

    8. Secret or otherwise undisclosed: a blind item in a military budget.

  3. Unable or unwilling to perceive or understand: blind to a lover's faults.

  4. Not based on reason or evidence; unquestioning: put blind faith in their leaders.

  5. Slang Drunk.

  6. Lacking reason or purpose: blind fate; blind choice.

    1. Difficult to comprehend or see; illegible.

    2. Incompletely or illegibly addressed: blind mail.

    3. Hidden from sight: a blind seam.

    4. Screened from the view of oncoming motorists: a blind driveway.

    5. Secret or otherwise undisclosed: a blind item in a military budget.

  8. Closed at one end: a blind socket; a blind passage.

  9. Having no opening: a blind wall.

  10. Botany Failing to produce flowers or fruits: a blind bud.

n.  

  1. (used with a pl. verb) Blind people considered as a group. Used with the: a radio station for reading to the blind.

  2. Something, such as a window shade or a Venetian blind, that hinders vision or shuts out light.

  3. A shelter for concealing hunters or nature photographers.

  4. Something intended to conceal the true nature, especially of an activity; a subterfuge.

adv.  

    1. Without seeing; blindly.

    2. Without the aid of visual reference: flew blind through the fog.

  2. Without forethought or provision; unawares: entered into the scheme blind.

  3. Without significant information, especially that might affect an outcome or result: "When you read blind, you see everything but the author" (Margaret Atwood).

  4. Informal Into a stupor: drank themselves blind.

  5. Used as an intensive: Thieves in the bazaar robbed us blind.

tr.v.   blind·ed, blind·ing, blinds

  1. To deprive of sight: was blinded in an industrial accident.

  2. To dazzle: skiers temporarily blinded by sunlight on snow.

  3. To deprive of perception or insight: prejudice that blinded them to the merits of the proposal.

  4. To withhold light from: Thick shrubs blinded our downstairs windows.


[Middle English, from Old English; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
blind'ing·ly adv., blind'ly adv., blind'ness n.
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Slang Dictionary
blind(ed)

  1. mod.
    alcohol or drug intoxicated. : I guess she was blinded. She couldn't stand up.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

blind  (adj.)
O.E. blind "blind," probably sharing with blend a P.Gmc. base *blindaz, from PIE base *bhlendh- "to glimmer indistinctly, to mix, confuse" (cf. Lith. blendzas "blind," blesti "to become dark"). The original sense, not of "sightless," but of "confused," perhaps underlies such phrases as blind alley. The verb is O.E. blendan, influenced in M.E. by the adj. The noun meaning "anything that obstructs sight" is from 1535. Blindman's bluff is from 1590. Blind date is from 1920s. Blind side "unguarded aspect" is from 1606; the verb meaning "to hit from the blind side" (written as one word) first attested 1968, Amer.Eng., in ref. to U.S. football.
"The twilight, or rather the hour between the time when one can no longer see to read and the lighting of the candles, is commonly called blindman's holiday." [1796]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2blind
Function: transitive verb
: to make blind
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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blind (blīnd)
adj.

  1. Unable to see; without useful sight.

  2. Having a maximal visual acuity of the better eye, after correction by refractive lenses, of one-tenth normal vision or less (20/200 or less on the Snellen test).

  3. Of, relating to, or for sightless persons.

  4. Closed at one end, as a tube or sac.

blind'ness n.

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blindness   (blīnd'nĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
A lack or impairment of vision in which maximal visual acuity after correction by refractive lenses is one-tenth normal vision or less in the better eye. Blindness can be genetic but is usually acquired as a result of injury, cataracts, or diseases such as glaucoma or diabetes. In Asia and Africa, trachoma is a common infectious cause of blindness.
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