Definitions for blind

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blind blind

Spelling: [blahynd]

IPA: /blaɪnd/

Blind is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 52 anagrams from letters in blind (bdiln).

Definitions for blind

noun

1. something that obstructs vision, as a blinker for a horse.
2. 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.
3. venetian blind.
4. Chiefly Midland U.S. and British. window shade.
5. a lightly built structure of brush or other growths, especially one in which hunters conceal themselves:
6. an activity, organization, or the like for concealing or masking action or purpose; subterfuge:
7. a decoy.
8. Slang. a bout of excessive drinking; drunken spree.
9. Poker. a compulsory bet made without prior knowledge of one's hand.
10. (used with a plural verb) persons who lack the sense of sight (usually preceded by the):

Idioms

1. fly blind. fly1 (def 34).

adverb

1. into a stupor; to the degree at which consciousness is lost:
2. without the ability to see clearly; lacking visibility; blindly:
3. without guidance or forethought:
4. to an extreme or absolute degree; completely:

adjective

1. unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless:
2. unwilling or unable to perceive or understand:
3. not characterized or determined by reason or control:
4. not having or based on reason or intelligence; absolute and unquestioning:
5. lacking all consciousness or awareness:
6. drunk.
7. hard to see or understand:
8. hidden from immediate view, especially from oncoming motorists:
9. of concealed or undisclosed identity; sponsored anonymously:
10. having no outlets; closed at one end:
11. Architecture. (of an archway, arcade, etc.) having no windows, passageways, or the like.
12. dense enough to form a screen:
13. done without seeing; by instruments alone:
14. made without some prior knowledge:
15. of or relating to an experimental design that prevents investigators or subjects from knowing the hypotheses or conditions being tested.
16. of, relating 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)

1. to make sightless permanently, temporarily, or momentarily, as by injuring, dazzling, bandaging the eyes, etc.:
2. to make obscure or dark:
3. to deprive of discernment, reason, or judgment:
4. to outshine; eclipse:

Origin of blind

before 1000; (adj.) Middle English blind, Old English; cognate with Gothic blinds, Old Norse blindr, German, Dutch blind (Germanic *blindaz, perhaps akin to blend; o

Examples for blind

Sandra Bullock won for ‘The blind Side’ and Al Pacino lost for both Godfather movies.

What designer West lacks in productivity, he more than makes up for in pure, unadulterated confidence and blind anger.

It was like witnessing the last two weeks of the life of a blind and toothless dog you knew the vet was just itching to destroy.

A regret for the mistakes of yesterday must not, however, blind us to the tasks of today.

The numbers reinforce another article in the Post, in which cops confessed to “turning a blind eye” to minor crimes.

Other ways have been sought, and have been found no more than blind alleys.

"It wouldn't do, sir, for the blind to be anxious," she replied.

If he made me blind, may he not easily have bewildered her, and have been himself bewildered?

Strandf could photograph anything from a blind woman to a picket fence and make the image indelible.

She was blind and paralyzed, and on the extreme verge of eternity.