blindadjective
uk/blaɪnd/us/blaɪnd/blind adjective (SIGHT)
B1 unable to see:
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- Can you imagine how it feels to be blind?
- Stevie Wonder was born blind.
- Her father's going blind.
- Labradors are used as guide dogs for blind people.
- Look, the cups are right in front of you. Are you blind?
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Eyesight, glasses & lenses
- (as) blind as a bat idiom
- 20/20 vision
- age-related macular degeneration
- AMD
- Balint's syndrome
- blepharospasm
- blind side
- blindly
- ciliary
- cross-eyed
- dispensing optician
- horn-rimmed
- lorgnette
- nearsighted
- ophthalmologist
- optic
- optometrist
- sightless
- spectacle
- twenty-twenty vision
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blind adjective (EXTREME)
used to describe an extreme feeling that happens without thought or reason:
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Strong feelings
- agony
- all-consuming
- anguish
- ardent
- be beside yourself idiom
- be convulsed with laughter, rage, etc. idiom
- beside
- explosive
- fiery
- hormonal
- hot-blooded
- impassioned
- ineffable
- inexpressible
- profound
- siren call
- supercharged
- unquenchable
- vehement
- vehemently
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blind adjective (NOT CONSCIOUS)
C2 to not be conscious of something or to refuse to notice something that is obvious to others:
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Unaware
- arse
- be in the dark idiom
- be on another planet idiom
- benighted
- blind spot
- blissful
- fail
- faint
- ignorance is bliss idiom
- ignorant
- ill-informed
- illiterate
- in blissful ignorance idiom
- lost
- unawareness
- unbeknownst
- unconscious
- uneducated
- unfamiliar
- unknowing
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blind adjective (CORNER, etc.)
that a driver cannot see or cannot see around:
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Indistinct & invisible
- blur
- blurred
- fuzzy
- inconspicuous
- indiscernible
- indistinct
- invisible
- melt
- melt (away) into sth
- neutral
- not see hide nor hair of sb idiom
- see
- sink
- sink without (a) trace idiom
- smudged
- subtlety
- unclear
- unobtrusive
- vague
- wraith
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blind adjective (TEST/STUDY)
used to refer to a scientific test in which either the people being tested or the person testing them, or both, do not know what is being tested:
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blindverb [ T ]
uk/blaɪnd/us/blaɪnd/blind verb [ T ] (DAMAGE SIGHT)
to make someone unable to see, permanently or for a short time:
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Eyesight, glasses & lenses
- (as) blind as a bat idiom
- 20/20 vision
- age-related macular degeneration
- AMD
- Balint's syndrome
- blepharospasm
- blind side
- blindly
- ciliary
- cross-eyed
- dispensing optician
- horn-rimmed
- lorgnette
- nearsighted
- ophthalmologist
- optic
- optometrist
- sightless
- spectacle
- twenty-twenty vision
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blind verb [ T ] (CAUSE TO IGNORE)
to make someone unable to notice or understand something:
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Puzzle and confuse
- addle
- baffle
- bemuse
- bewilder
- blind sb with science idiom
- cloud
- do sb's head in idiom
- flummox
- fox
- fuddle
- knock/throw sb for a loop idiom
- mix
- mix sb up
- muddy
- puzzle
- throw (sb) a curve (ball) idiom
- throw sb off balance idiom
- tie
- tie sb (up) in knots idiom
- unbalance
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blindnoun
uk/blaɪnd/us/blaɪnd/blind noun (WINDOW)
[ C ] US also shade a cover for a window made of a single piece or strips of cloth, paper, or plastic that is pulled up or down by a string:
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Curtains & wallpaper
- curtain
- curtain rail
- curtain rod
- drape
- flock wallpaper
- floor-length
- hang
- paper
- pelmet
- roller blind
- shade
- sunshade
- valance
- venetian blind
- vertical blind
- wall hanging
- wallpaper
- window shade
blind noun (SIGHT)
people who are unable to see:
blind noun (FOR WATCHING BIRDS/ANIMALS)
[ C ] US UK hide a place where people can watch wild animals or birds without being noticed by them
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Hiding and disguising
- be holed up idiom
- camo
- camouflage
- cloak
- conceal
- concealment
- drown
- hit the deck idiom
- hole up (somewhere)
- illusion
- incognito
- infiltration
- obscure
- sidle
- skulk
- smokescreen
- snuck
- stash
- tuck
- veil
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Idiom(s)
blindadverb
If something or someone is tested blind, either the people being tested or the person testing them, or both, do not know what is being tested.
to be flying an aircraft somewhere without being able to see where you are going:
to be doing something without having any experience of doing it before or without having important information about what you are doing: