English dictionary
blind
adjectivePronunciation
blaɪnd
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
adjective
- not based on reason or evidence
adjective
- unable to see
noun
- a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
noun
- a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
noun
- something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
noun
- people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
verb
- make dim by comparison or conceal
verb
- make blind by putting the eyes out
verb
- render unable to see
Example sentences
blind to a lover's faults
blind to the consequences of their actions
blind hatred
blind faith
unreasoning panic
{'source': 'Kenneth Jernigan', 'text': 'a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision'}
they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet
he waited impatiently in the blind
he wasn't sick — it was just a subterfuge
the holding company was just a blind
he spent hours reading to the blind
The criminals were punished and blinded