blind

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blind
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Meanings
adjective
  • unable to see because of injury, disease, or a congenital condition.
    E.g. a blind man with a stick
  • lacking perception, awareness, or judgement.
    E.g. a blind acceptance of the status quo
  • (of a corner or bend in a road) impossible to see round.
    E.g. two trucks collided on a blind curve in the road
  • not the slightest (used in emphatic expressions).
    E.g. this declaration is not a blind bit of good to the workers
  • (of a plant) without buds, eyes, or terminal flowers.
    E.g. planting too shallowly is the most common cause of bulbs coming up blind
verb
  • cause (someone) to be unable to see, permanently or temporarily.
    E.g. the injury temporarily blinded him
  • deprive (someone) of understanding, judgement, or perception.
    E.g. he was blinded by his faith
  • move very fast and dangerously.
    E.g. I could see the bombs blinding along above the roof tops
noun
  • a screen for a window, especially one on a roller or made of slats.
    E.g. she pulled down the blinds
  • something designed to conceal one's real intentions.
    E.g. he phoned again from his own home: that was just a blind for his wife
  • a heavy drinking bout.
    E.g. he's off on a blind again
adverb
  • without being able to see clearly.
    E.g. he was the first pilot in history to fly blind

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