blind /blīnd/ adjective- Without sight
- Dark
- Obscure
- Invisible, hidden from view
- Not directed, or affording no possibility of being directed, by sight or by foresight
- Without previous or adequate knowledge
- Ignorant or undiscerning
- Unobserving
- Voluntarily overlooking
- Without an exit
- (in flying) using instruments only, without seeing one's course or receiving radio directions
- (of plants) failing to produce expected growth or flowers
- Of or intended for the blind, eg blind school
- Extremely drunk (informal)
adverb- Without seeing
- Without prior knowledge
- Relying on instruments only
noun- (with the) people without sight collectively
- Something intended to blind one to the facts
- A window screen, either on a roller or made of slats
- An awning
- Something which obstructs the light or the view
- A screen behind which hunters hide (N American)
- A stake put up without seeing one's cards (poker)
- A drinking spree, a binge (slang)
transitive verb- To make blind
- To darken, obscure or deceive
- To dazzle
- To make matt
- To fill in cracks on (a newly made road) with grit, to scatter grit on (a tarry surface)
intransitive verb- To curse, swear (slang)
- To drive extremely fast and recklessly (slang)
ORIGIN: OE blind; ON blindr blindˈage noun (military) A temporary wooden screen faced with earth as a protection against splinters of shell, etc blindˈed adjective - Deprived of sight
- Without intellectual discernment
blindˈer noun - A person or thing that blinds
- (usu in pl) a horse's blinkers (N American)
- A spectacularly good performance (informal)
- A drinking spree (informal)
blindˈing noun The act of making blind adjective- Causing blindness
- Dazzling
- Incapacitatingly intense
- Excellent (informal)
blindˈingly adverb blindˈless adjective blindˈly adverb blindˈness noun blind alley noun - A cul-de-sac
- A situation, job, etc, which does not offer any prospect of improvement or advancement
blind-allˈey adjective blind coal noun - Anthracite (as burning without flame)
- Coal partly carbonized by an igneous intrusion
blind date noun - A social engagement arranged for one, esp by a third party, with someone one has not met previously, esp with a view to romance
- The partner (to be) met in this way
blind-drunkˈ adjective So drunk as to be like a blind person blindˈfish noun An eyeless fish (genus Amblyopsis) of the Kentucky Mammoth Cave blindˈfold adjective - (earlier blind-felled struck blind) having the eyes bandaged so as not to be able to see
- (of chess, etc) played without seeing the board
- Thoughtless
- Reckless
adverb- Without being able to see
- Heedlessly
transitive verb - To cover the eyes of
- To mislead
noun A piece of fabric, handkerchief, etc used for covering up the eyes Blind Freddie noun (Aust informal) An imaginary epitome of imperceptiveness blind gut noun The caecum blindman's buff noun (ie buffet) a game in which a blindfold player tries to catch the others blind road noun A grassy track invisible to those that are on it blindˈ-side transitive verb (N American) To exploit someone's blind side in surprising or taking advantage of them blind side noun - The side on which a person is blind to danger
- (one's) weak point
- The part of the field between the scrum, etc and the touch-line nearer it (rugby)
blindˈsight noun (psychology) A condition, caused by brain damage, in which a person is able to respond to visual stimuli without consciously perceiving them blind snake noun A non-venomous burrowing snake of tropical regions with small or vestigial eyes blind spot noun - The spot on the retina where the optic nerve joins and where there are no visual cells
- A point within the normal range of a transmitter at which the field strength is abnormally small (radio)
- A point on a road which is obscured from vision
- An area in an auditorium where one cannot see or hear properly
- A region of understanding in which one's intuition and judgement always fail
blindˈ-stamped adjective blind stamping or blind tooling noun (bookbinding) Making impressions on the covers without gilding blindˈ-storey noun A triforium blind summit noun A summit on a road whose slope is such as to prevent one from seeing approaching traffic blind tooling see blind stamping above. blind trust noun (chiefly N American) A trust which manages a political public figure's private capital, so as to prevent conflict of interest blindˈworm noun A slow-worm bake blind To bake (a pastry case) without a filling blind (someone) with science To confuse (someone) with much complicated detail not a blind bit of (informal) Not any swear blind (informal) To declare emphatically the blind leading the blind The ignorant trying to instruct the ignorant turn a blind eye To pretend not to have seen |