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单词 blind
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Idioms for blind

    fly blind. fly1 (def. 34).

Origin of blind

First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English adjective cognate with Gothic blinds, Old Norse blindr, German, Dutch blind (from Germanic blindaz, perhaps akin to blend; original sense uncertain, perhaps “to make cloudy”); verb derivative of the adjective

SYNONYMS FOR blind

4 irrational, uncritical, rash, thoughtless, unreasoning.
8 concealed.
28 hiding place, ambush.
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ANTONYMS FOR blind

1 seeing.
2 receptive.
4 rational.
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synonym study for blind

1. Blind, stone-blind, purblind mean unable to see. Blind means unable to see with the physical eyes. Stone-blind emphasizes complete blindness. Purblind refers to weakened vision, literally or figuratively. 25. See curtain.

regional variation note for blind

27. See window shade.

OTHER WORDS FROM blind

Words nearby blind

blimey, blimp, blimpish, blimp out, blin, blind, blindage, blind alley, blind as a bat, blind blocking, blind casing
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British Dictionary definitions for blind

Derived forms of blind

blindly, adverbblindness, noun

Word Origin for blind

Old English blind; related to Old Norse blindr, Old High German blint; Lettish blendu to see dimly; see blunder

usage for blind

It is preferable to avoid using phrases such as the blind . Instead you should talk about blind and partially sighted people
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Idioms and Phrases with blind

blind

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Medical definitions for blind

blind
[ blīnd ]

adj.

Unable to see; without useful sight.
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).
Of, relating to, or for sightless persons.
Closed at one end, as a tube or sac.

Other words from blind

blindness n.
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