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adjective

1. Without the sense of sight: eyeless, sightless, unseeing. See see/not see.
2. Unwilling or unable to perceive: dull, purblind, uncomprehending, unperceptive. See see/not see.
3. Stupefied, excited, or muddled with alcoholic liquor: besotted, crapulent, crapulous, drunk, drunken, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, sodden, tipsy. Informal cockeyed, stewed. Slang bombed, boozed, boozy, crocked, high, lit (up), loaded, looped, pickled, pixilated, plastered, potted, sloshed, smashed, soused, stinking, stinko, stoned, tight, zonked. Idioms: drunk as a skunk, half-seas over, high as a kite, in one's cups, three sheetsintothe wind. See drugs/temperance.
4. Screened from the view of oncoming drivers: concealed, hidden. See show/hide.

verb

To confuse with bright light: bedazzle, daze, dazzle. See see/not see.

Idioms beginning with blind:
blind alley
blind as a bat
blind leading the blind

See also fly blind; rob someone blind; turn a blind eye.

adj

Definition: hidden or covered
Antonyms: open, revealed, uncovered

adj

Definition: indifferent
Antonyms: aware, cunning, quick, sharp, understanding

adj

Definition: sightless
Antonyms: seeing, sighted

adj

Definition: uncontrolled
Antonyms: controlled

1. A device to obstruct vision or keep out light; usually a shade, a screen, or an assemblage of light panels or slats.
2. A solid disk inserted in a pipe joint or union to prevent the flow of water during the repair of a water distribution system.

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Term used by parapsychologists in experiments where the evaluator of targets and responses to them is without knowledge of information that would reveal the target.

IN BRIEF: Unable to see. Lack of judgment.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and blind can read. — Mark Twain

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sign description: The V handshape moves toward the eyes with bent fingers.

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blind (blind mice)
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adjective
adjective, Brit

1: Drunk. (1630 —) .
W. S. Maugham On the night he arrived in London he would get blind, he hadn't been drunk for twenty years (1930). noun

2: A heavy drinking- bout; a binge; esp. in phr. on a blind, (1917 —) .
J. B. Priestley I'm not off on a blind, if that's what you're worrying about (1943). verb intr.

3: To go blindly or heedlessly; to drive very fast. (1923 —) .
Daily Express By recreation I do not mean blinding along the Brighton road at fifty miles an hour (1928).

4: To use profane or indecent language, to swear; esp. in phr. to eff and blind. (1943 —) .

[In sense 1, short for blind drunk; in sense 4, from the use of blind in imprecations such as blind me!]

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A condition imposed on a study which is intended to keep knowledge of the treatment assignment of individual patients from a specified set of observers. Used to reduce information bias. Single blind: the owner of the patient is unaware of the treatment assignment but the veterinarian is aware. Double blind: both the owner of the patient and the veterinarian are unaware of the treatment assignments of the patients. Triple blind: the owners of the patients, the veterinarian and the person analyzing the results of the study are all unaware of the treatment assignments. Called also masking.

For a list of words related to blindness, see:

• Defects and Disabilities - blindness: inability or marked reduction in ability to see, due to disease, injury, or birth defect

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - blind, som ikke kan se
v. tr. - blænde
n. - blind, blind person
adv. - blindt, i blinde

idioms:

• as blind as a bat    stæreblind, blind som en muldvarp
• be blind to    være blind for, ikke have øje for
• blind alley    blindgyde
• blind date    blind date, stævnemøde med ukendt
• blind drunk    døddrukken, dukken fra sans og samling
• blind gut    blindtarm, cækum
• blind in one eye    blind på det ene øje
• blind man's buff    blindebuk
• blind spot    blind plet
• blind turning    foretage vending med spærret udsyn
• roller blind    rullegardin

Nederlands (Dutch)
blind, scherm, jaloezie, rolgordijn, blinddoek, oogklep, voorwendsel, verblinden, blinddoeken, verduisteren, verbergen, onleesbaar, blindelings

Français (French)
adj. - aveugle, (Méd) point aveugle, (Aut, Aviat) angle mort, (fig) aveuglé, sans visibilité, sans issue, aveugle (une porte, une fenêtre), faux
v. tr. - aveugler, rendre aveugle, éblouir, (fig) aveugler, empêcher de voir
n. - store, jalousie (arch), feinte, faux prétexte, masque, affût (à la chasse), aveugle(s)
adv. - aveuglément, (Aviat) sans visibilité, complètement rond (fam)

idioms:

• as blind as a bat    (être) myope comme une taupe
• be blind to    fermer les yeux, échapper à, (fig) ne pas voir
• blind alley    voie sans issue
• blind date    rencontre arrangée, inconnu(e) avec qui on a rendez-vous
• blind drunk    complètement rond
• blind gut    (Anat) cæcum
• blind in one eye    être borgne
• blind man's buff    colin-maillard
• blind spot    refuser d'y voir clair, (fig) avoir un bandeau sur les yeux, angle mort, (Méd) point aveugle, ignorance
• blind turning    tournant sans visibilité
• roller blind    store

Deutsch (German)
adj. - blind
v. - blenden, verblenden
n. - Schirm, Jalousie, Vorwand
adv. - blind

idioms:

• as blind as a bat    stockblind
• be blind to    blind sein für
• blind alley    Sackgasse
• blind date    Verabredung mit einem/einer Unbekannten
• blind drunk    sehr betrunken
• blind gut    Blinddarm
• blind in one eye    auf einem Auge blind
• blind man's buff    Blindekuh
• blind spot    (Anat.) blinder Fleck, (Mot.) toter Winkel, schwacher Punkt
• blind turning    biegen mit schlechter Sicht
• roller blind    Rouleau

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - τυφλώνω, στραβώνω, θαμπώνω
n. - στόρι παραθύρου, τέντα βιτρίνας, πρόσχημα, παραπλανητικό τέχνασμα, σκίαστρο
adj. - τυφλός, στραβός, αδιέξοδος, κλειστός, εθελοτυφλών
adv. - στα τυφλά

idioms:

• as blind as a bat    θεόστραβος
• be blind to    εθελοτυφλώ, αρνούμαι να δω
• blind alley    αδιέξοδο, αδιέξοδη πορεία, χωρίς προοπτική
• blind date    ραντεβού με άγνωστο ή άγνωστη
• blind drunk    τύφλα στο μεθύσι
• blind gut    τυφλό έντερο
• blind in one eye    μονόφθαλμος, τυφλός από το ένα μάτι
• blind man's buff    τυφλόμυγα (το παιχνίδι)
• blind spot    (ανατ.) ωχρή κηλίδα, (μτφ.) τυφλό σημείο
• blind turning    τυφλή στροφή
• roller blind    ρολό παραθύρου

Italiano (Italian)
accecare, persiana, cieco

idioms:

• be blind to    essere insensibile a, essere inconsapevole di
• blind alley    vicolo cieco
• blind date    appuntamento a sorpresa
• blind gut    intestino cieco
• blind in one eye    guercio
• blind man's buff    mosca cieca
• blind spot    punto cieco
• roller blind    persiana avvolgibile

Português (Portuguese)
v. - cegar
n. - veneziana (f), disfarce (m)
adj. - cego
adv. - cegamente

idioms:

• be blind to    estar cego (fig.)
• blind alley    beco (m) sem saída
• blind date    sair com alguém desconhecido
• blind drunk    de fogo (gír.), bêbado
• blind gut    cavidade (f) digestiva com abertura única (Anat.), ceco (m) (Anat.)
• blind in one eye    caolho, cego de um olho
• blind man's buff    cabra-cega (f)
• blind spot    ponto (m) cego (Anat.)
• blind turning    ignorar
• roller blind    persiana (f) roliça
• Venetian blind    veneziana (f)

Русский (Russian)
ослеплять, штора, слепой, вслепую

idioms:

• be blind to    не замечать чего-либо
• blind alley    тупик
• blind date    свидание с незнакомым человеком
• blind drunk    пьяный в дребезги
• blind gut    слепая кишка
• blind in one eye    слепой на один глаз, кривой
• blind man's buff    жмурки
• blind spot    слепое пятно
• blind turning    слепой поворот, за поворотом не видно
• roller blind    штора
• Venetian blind    жалюзи

Español (Spanish)
adj. - escondido, ofuscado, deslumbrado, cegado
v. tr. - cegar, deslumbrar, ofuscar, esconder
n. - toldo, persiana, pretexto, ciego
adv. - ciegamente

idioms:

• as blind as a bat    más ciego que un topo
• be blind to    hacer la vista gorda
• blind alley    callejón sin salida
• blind date    cita concertada con alguien desconocido
• blind drunk    sumamente borracho
• blind gut    apéndice cecal, intestino ciego
• blind in one eye    tuerto
• blind man's buff    gallina ciega
• blind spot    punto ciego del ojo
• blind turning    girar, tomar una curva con la visión bloqueada
• roller blind    persiana enrollable

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - blända, göra blind, förblinda, dölja, gömma
n. - rullgardin, markis, täckmantel, dryckeslag
adj. - blind
adv. - dold, hemlig, otydlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
盲目的, 不加思考的, 瞎的, 使失明, 遮暗, 蒙蔽, 盲人, 窗帘, 障蔽物, 看不见地, 轻率地, 盲目地, 单凭仪表驾驶地

idioms:

• as blind as a bat    有眼无珠
• be blind to    对...视而不见, 看不懂
• blind alley    死胡同, 没有前途的职业
• blind date    从未晤面的男女经第三者安排所作的约会
• blind drunk    醉得不省人事
• blind gut    盲肠
• blind in one eye    一只眼睛失明
• blind man's buff    捉迷藏
• blind spot    盲点
• blind turning    道路的弯曲点
• roller blind    卷帘

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 盲目的, 不加思考的, 瞎的
v. tr. - 使失明, 遮暗, 蒙蔽
n. - 盲人, 窗簾, 障蔽物
adv. - 看不見地, 輕率地, 盲目地, 單憑儀錶駕駛地

idioms:

• as blind as a bat    有眼無珠
• be blind to    對...視而不見, 看不懂
• blind alley    死胡同, 沒有前途的職業
• blind date    從未晤面的男女經第三者安排所作的約會
• blind drunk    醉得不省人事
• blind gut    盲腸
• blind in one eye    一隻眼睛失明
• blind man's buff    捉迷藏
• blind spot    盲點
• blind turning    道路的彎曲點
• roller blind    卷簾

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 눈이 먼, 이해하지 못하는, 맹목적인
v. tr. - ~을 눈멀게 하다, ~의 눈을 핑 돌게 하다, ~을 어둡게 하다
n. - 가리는 것, 속임수, 잠복소
adv. - 맹목적으로, 의식을 잃도록, 눈으로 보지 않고

idioms:

• as blind as a bat    장님이나 마찬가지인
• be blind to    ~을 깨닫지 못하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ブラインド, 口実, ごまかすもの, 隠れ場
v. - 目を見えなくする, 盲目にする, 判断力を失わせる
adj. - 目の見えない, 盲人の, 見る目がない, わからない, 隠れて見えない, 盲目的な, めくら滅法の, 計器だけに頼る, 窓のない

idioms:

• as blind as a bat    まるで見えない
• be blind to    意識のない, 酔っ払った
• blind alley    袋小路, 行き止まり, 行き詰まり
• blind date    ブラインドデート, ブラインドデートの相手
• blind drunk    泥酔して
• blind gut    盲腸, 一端が閉塞した腸管
• blind in one eye    片目が見えない
• blind man's buff    目隠しした鬼が相手を捕まえ名前を当てるゲーム
• blind spot    盲点, 弱点, 死角
• blind turning    道路の曲がり角

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) أعمى, بهر (الاسم) أعمى, ضرير, مكفوف, ستارة نافذة, حجه (صفه) أعمى, ضرير, مكفوف (ظرف) بلا رؤيا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עיוור, סומא, אטום ל-, נמהר, נסתר, סתום, שיכור (מדוברת), ללא הבחנה, ללא שיקול-דעת‬
v. tr. - ‮סינוור, גרם לעיוורון, הטעה‬
n. - ‮עיוור, סומא, וילון (משתלשל), מסווה, הטעיה, רמאות, מארב, שיכור (מדוברת), חלון אטום, תחבולה או תירוץ להסתרת האמת, עסק חוקי המשמש להסתרת פעילות בלתי-חוקית, חסימה כלשהי של‬
adv. - ‮אטום ל-, בלי לראות‬

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