Blind Definition
blīnd
blinded, blindest, blinds, blinder
adjective
blindest, blinder
Not based on reason or evidence; unquestioning.
Put blind faith in their leaders.
American Heritage
Not able or willing to notice, understand, or judge.
Webster's New World
Lacking reason or purpose.
Blind fate; blind choice.
American Heritage
Having certain information concealed or withheld intentionally.
A blind ad, a blind test.
Webster's New World
Of or for sightless persons.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
blinds
Blind people considered as a group. Used with the:
A radio station for reading to the blind.
American Heritage
Anything that obscures or prevents sight.
Webster's New World
A place of concealment, as for a hunter; ambush.
Webster's New World
Anything that keeps out light, as a window shade or shutter.
Webster's New World
A shelter for concealing hunters, photographers, or observers of wildlife.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
adverb
Without forethought or provision; unawares.
Entered into the scheme blind.
American Heritage
Recklessly.
Webster's New World
Without significant information, especially that might affect an outcome or result.
American Heritage
Into a stupor.
Drank themselves blind.
American Heritage
Guided only by flight instruments.
To fly blind.
Webster's New World
verb
blinded, blinds
To deprive of sight.
Was blinded in an industrial accident.
American Heritage
To make sightless.
Webster's New World
To dazzle.
Skiers temporarily blinded by sunlight on snow.
American Heritage
To make temporarily unable to see; dazzle.
Webster's New World
To deprive of the power of insight or judgment.
Webster's New World
idiom
the blind
- people who are blind
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Blind
- the blind
Origin of Blind
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From Old English blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz. Akin to German blind, Old High German blint.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English bhel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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