blind

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
(blīnd) pronunciation
adj., blind·er, blind·est.
    1. Sightless.
    2. Having a maximal visual acuity of the better eye, after correction by refractive lenses, of one-tenth normal vision or less (20/200 or less on the Snellen test).
    3. Of, relating to, or for sightless persons.
    1. Performed or made without the benefit of background information that might prejudice the outcome or result: blind taste tests used in marketing studies.
    2. Performed without preparation, experience, or knowledge: made a blind stab at answering the question.
    3. Performed by instruments and without the use of sight: blind navigation.
  1. Unable or unwilling to perceive or understand: blind to a lover's faults.
  2. Not based on reason or evidence; unquestioning: put blind faith in their leaders.
  3. Slang. Drunk.
  4. Lacking reason or purpose: blind fate; blind choice.
    1. Difficult to comprehend or see; illegible.
    2. Incompletely or illegibly addressed: blind mail.
    3. Hidden from sight: a blind seam.
    4. Screened from the view of oncoming motorists: a blind driveway.
    5. Secret or otherwise undisclosed: a blind item in a military budget.
  5. Closed at one end: a blind socket; a blind passage.
  6. Having no opening: a blind wall.
  7. Botany. Failing to produce flowers or fruits: a blind bud.
n.
  1. (used with a pl. verb) Blind people considered as a group. Used with the: a radio station for reading to the blind.
  2. Something, such as a window shade or a Venetian blind, that hinders vision or shuts out light.
  3. A shelter for concealing hunters or nature photographers.
  4. Something intended to conceal the true nature, especially of an activity; a subterfuge.
adv.
    1. Without seeing; blindly.
    2. Without the aid of visual reference: flew blind through the fog.
  1. Without forethought or provision; unawares: entered into the scheme blind.
  2. Without significant information, especially that might affect an outcome or result: "When you read blind, you see everything but the author" (Margaret Atwood).
  3. Informal. Into a stupor: drank themselves blind.
  4. Used as an intensive: Thieves in the bazaar robbed us blind.
tr.v., blind·ed, blind·ing, blinds.
  1. To deprive of sight: was blinded in an industrial accident.
  2. To dazzle: skiers temporarily blinded by sunlight on snow.
  3. To deprive of perception or insight: prejudice that blinded them to the merits of the proposal.
  4. To withhold light from: Thick shrubs blinded our downstairs windows.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

blindingly blind'ing·ly adv.
blindly blind'ly adv.
blindness blind'ness n.

Top

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.


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.


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.

Top
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Unable to see. Lack of judgment.

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

LearnThatWord.com is a free vocabulary and spelling program where you only pay for results!

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




blind (blind mice)
ice: I'll have a winona with blind, thanks

Previous:bird, billy wright, billy
Next:blood, blunnie, boat
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!]


Previous:blimey, blighter, blerry
Next:blinder, bling-bling, bliss

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.

Random House Word Menu:

categories related to 'blindness'

Top
Random House Word Menu by Stephen Glazier
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


  See crossword solutions for the clue Blind.
Top

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


Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:

Copyrights:

Mentioned in