Blind - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |blaɪnd|  American pronunciation of the word blind
Brit.  |blaɪnd|  British pronunciation of the word blind

noun

- people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
he spent hours reading to the blind
- a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
he waited impatiently in the blind
- a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight (syn: screen)
they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet
- something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity (syn: subterfuge)
the holding company was just a blind

verb

- render unable to see
- make blind by putting the eyes out
The criminals were punished and blinded
- make dim by comparison or conceal (syn: dim)

adjective

- unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
blind to a lover's faults
blind to the consequences of their actions
- not based on reason or evidence
blind hatred
blind faith

Extra examples

...our old blind cat kept walking into walls and furniture...

...you'd have to be really blind to think that was a good idea...

She was blinded as a child in a terrible fire.

I was blinded by the sun as I came around the corner.

He was blinded by love.

Some say the investigation is a blind to keep the public's attention off the governor.

They had to fly blind through heavy smoke.

She was blind to his faults.

She was blind with tears.

He is deaf and almost blind with old age.

She must have been blind with rage.

She ran home in a blind panic, screaming.

Nobody could get a blind bit of sense out of him.

He was blinded in an accident.

The glamour of their resounding titles blinded him to their faults.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: blind
he/she/it: blinds
present participle: blinding
past tense: blinded
past participle: blinded
noun
singular: blind
plural: blinds
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