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blind
I. \ˈblīnd\ adjective
(usually -er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German blint blind, Old Norse blindr, Gothic blinds blind, Old English blandan to mix — more at blend
1.
a. : lacking the sense of sight by natural defect or by deprivation
b. : not having an eye or having an eye that does not see
< that horse will shy if you come up on his blind side >
c. : deficient in or lacking a physical sense other than sight — usually with a qualifying term
< taste-blind >
d. : for sightless persons
< blind care >
< blind home >
2.
a. : not having the faculty of discernment : lacking in intellectual light : unable or unwilling to judge rationally
< blind to his own defects >
b. : unsupported by evidence or plausibility : not substantially based
< blind faith >
3.
a. : without regard to rational discrimination, guidance, or restriction
< if they persist in such a blind choice they must suffer for it >
b. of an impersonal force : lacking any directing or controlling consciousness
< our fate is in the hands of blind chance >
c. : marked by complete insensibility
< lying helpless in a blind stupor >
especially : drunken to the point of insensibility : dead-drunk
4. : made or done without sight of objects or knowledge of facts comprising the chief or usual means of guidance or judgment
< a blind purchase >
as
a. : performed solely by the aid of data given by instruments within an airplane and without direct sight of landmarks
< a blind landing >
< blind flying >
b. in card games : made without seeing some relevant factor (as one's own hand or the dummy)
< a blind lead >
c. : made or done from psychological test data without reference to other case material
< blind analysis >
< blind interpretation >
5. : defective, incomplete, abortive:
a. of plants or plant parts
(1) : suppressed
(2) : lacking a growing point
(3) : failing to produce flowers or seeds — used especially of buds and bulbs
b. music : having alternate tones in different registers
< a blind trill >
< a blind octave series >
c. : incapable of producing a print — used of a lithographic surface
< the plate went blind after 10,000 impressions >
6.
a. archaic : lacking in light or brightness : dark
< the little blind bedchamber — Samuel Pepys >
b. obsolete : unlighted
< a blind candle >
also : having its light concealed
< a blind lantern >
c. : dull : lacking in brightness or luster; especially : not polished or brought to a high gloss : finished dull
< a mellow blind finish to the paneling >
d. : impressed or tooled without gilding, inking, or coloring
< blind lettering >
< blind scoring >
7. : difficult to discern, make out, or discover : hard to locate or identify : obscure, hidden: as
a. archaic : out of the way; also : secret
< a blind meeting place >
b. archaic, of a track or way : dim and ill-defined; also : not easily followed or traced : involved, intricate
< the blind mazes of this tangled wood — John Milton >
c.
(1) of writing : illegible; especially of mail : lacking a complete or legible address
(2) : concerned with the handling of blind mail
d. of the sense of a passage : unintelligible or uncertainly determinable
e. of material objects : constructed or arranged so as to be hidden from sight : covered
< a blind veneer >
< blind seams in a shoe >
as
(1) of a ditch or other water channel : consisting of a cut in the soil filled loosely with stones between which water can trickle or percolate
(2) of minerals and lodes and strata : not appearing in an outcrop at the surface
< a blind vain >
(3) of roads, driveways, and crossings : screened from the view of oncoming drivers or engineers
< a blind crossroad >
8.
a. : having but one opening or outlet : closed at one end : not permitting passage or flow all the way through
< a blind alley >
< blind sockets >
< the blind gut >
b. of a rivet or other fastener : designed to be inserted and made fast from one side
c. geology : terminating abruptly where it might be expected to continue
< a blind joint in rocks >
< a blind valley that ends downstream where drainage disappears underground >
9. : having no opening for light or passage : blank
< a blind wall >
as
a. of a hedge : too thick to see through or pass through
b. of a structural member : made without an opening but like a member that normally has an opening
< a blind arch >
< a blind window over the stairs >
10. railroading : turned edgewise — used of a target or of its position
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English blinden, from blind, adjective
1. : to make blind:
a. : to deprive of the sense of sight
< his right eye was blinded when he was a child >
b. : to deprive of insight or understanding
< prejudice usually blinds judgment >
c. : deceive, fool, bedazzle
d. : to deprive temporarily or partially of vision : make seeing difficult for or painful to : dazzle
< the hot glare blinded her as she stepped into the street >
2.
a. : to withhold light from : darken
< shrubbery blinding all their windows >
b. : hide, conceal
c. : to make dim by comparison : outshine, eclipse
< torches that blind the candles >
d. : to render nonlustrous : dull
< a synthetic fabric may need to be blinded in the finishing process >
3. : to fill the interstices of : clog: as
a. : to cover (a newly paved road) with a coating of sand and gravel in order that joints may be filled
b. : to cover (drain tiles) with earth while the trench is being filled
4. : to stamp (as a book cover) without gilding or coloring — often used with in
5. : to protect with blindages or with blinds
III. noun
(-s)
1. : something to hinder sight or keep out light: as
a. : a screen used to deflect or redirect light or to restrict observation from without: as
(1) : window shutter
(2) : a roller window shade
(3) : venetian blind
(4) chiefly Britain : awning
(5) : brise-soleil
(6) : a shutter for a porthole
b. : blinder
c. : a cloth covering for the eyes used especially in games
2. : a place or means of concealment : ambush 1; especially : a concealing enclosure from which a person may shoot game or observe wildlife
3.
a. : something put forward to screen or cover another object or design : subterfuge, deception
< the holding company was a blind for out-of-state interests >
< his helpful offer is no more than a blind >
b.
(1) : a person serving as an agent for another who keeps under cover
(2) : one who acts as a decoy or distraction
4. : hand tooling without gilding or coloring
< bindings decorated in blind >
5.
a. : blindage
b. : a strong frame of uprights and crosspieces used to support a blindage
6. card games
a. : an obligatory opening bet in some forms of draw poker made by the player at the dealer's left before the cards are dealt and often constituting a raise of the ante
b. : the player who makes this bet
c. : widow 3
7. railroading
a. : blind baggage
b. : the platform of a blind baggage immediately behind the tender — usually used in plural
8. slang Britain : a noisy usually drunken party : brawl
IV. adverb
Etymology: blind (I)
: blindly: as
a. : to the point of insensibility
< blind drunk >
b. : without the aid of visual or other indicators that are usually a source of guidance or judgment
< learning to fly blind >
c. : recklessly, heedlessly
< I'd rather go it blind than not get home at all > |