Blindname

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  A surname.

blindadj/ˈblaɪ̯nd/

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  Unable to see, or only partially able to see.

  • Even a blind hen sometimes finds a grain of corn.
  • Braille is a writing system for the blind.
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  Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.

  • The lovers were blind to each other’s faults.
  • Authors are blind to their own defects.
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  Having little or no visibility.

  • a blind path
  • a blind ditch
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  Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.

  • a blind alley
  • a blind fistula
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  Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.

  • a blind wall
  • a blind alley
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  artsbusinessconstructionAble to be fixed without access to one end.

  • a blind rivet
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  Smallest or slightest.

  • I shouted, but he didn’t take a blind bit of notice.
  • We pulled and pulled, but it didn't make a blind bit of difference.
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  Without any prior knowledge.

  • He took a blind guess at which fork in the road would take him to the airport.
  • I went into the meeting totally blind, so I really didn’t have a clue what I was talking about.

blindnoun/ˈblaɪ̯nd/

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  A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.

  • It is a piece of wood furnished with two parallel rows of plates, folding over each other, so as to resemble, in some degree, the laths of a blind.
  • A blind bearing the monogram G.V.T. is pulled down over the waiting room window as if still in mourning for the passing of the railway.
• 2

  A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.

• 3

  A place where people can hide in order to observe wildlife.

  • a duck blind
  • Field biologists use blinds, and so do hunters.
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  Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge, deception.

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  governmentmilitarypoliticsA blindage.

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  A hiding place.

  • So, when the watchful shepherd, from the blind, Wounds with a random shaft the careless hind
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  ball-gamesgameshobbiesThe blindside.

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  slangball-gamesbaseballgamesNo score.

blindverb/ˈblaɪ̯nd/

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  To make temporarily or permanently blind.

  • The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded.
  • Don’t wave that pencil in my face—do you want to blind me?
• 2

  informalTo curse, swear, use foul language

  • If you’re cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind, Don’t grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind; Be handy and civil, and then you will find That it’s beer for the young British soldier.
  • I could see the unfortunate man felt his position deeply, and I was surprised that he contented himself with a mere ‘Ouch !’ But I suppose these solid citizens have to learn to curb the tongue. Creates a bad impression, I mean, if they start blinding and stiffing as those more happily placed would be.
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  To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.

  • He ſought, but in the dark tempeſtuous Night He knew not whither to direct his Sight. So whirl the Seas, ſuch Darkneſs blinds the Sky, That the black Night receives a deeper Dye.
  • The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound.
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  To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.

blindadv/ˈblaɪ̯nd/

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  Without seeing; unseeingly.

  • It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind - as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness.
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  Absolutely, totally.

  • to swear blind
  • It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind - as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness.
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  card-gamespokerWithout looking at the cards dealt.

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  cookingfoodlifestyleAs a pastry case only, without any filling.

  • Blind bake your pie case for fifteen minutes, then add the filling. This will help avoid a “soggy bottom”.
  • If the shell is going to be baked without a filling, “baking the crust blind,” prick the bottom and sides of the crust to allow the steam to escape. Another variation: line the bottom of the crust with parchment paper […]