blind

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blind

A guide dog helps a blind person cross the street.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Unable to see; lacking the sense of sight: Describes a person or animal that cannot see.
    • Unwilling or unable to perceive or understand: Describes a lack of awareness, judgment, or reason, often willful.
    • Not based on reason or evidence; irrational: Describes actions, emotions, or beliefs formed without logical basis.
    • Hidden from sight; concealed: Describes something that is difficult to see or find.
    • Closed at one end; having no outlet: Describes a passage, street, or alley that does not lead through.

  2. Verb:

    • To deprive of sight: To make someone or something permanently unable to see.
    • To deprive of judgment or reason: To make someone unable to think clearly or rationally.
    • To outshine or obscure: To make something seem less significant by comparison.

  3. Noun:

    • A covering for a window: A device, such as a shade or screen, used to block light or ensure privacy.
    • A deception or subterfuge: Something used to hide the true nature of an activity.
    • A hiding place for hunters: A concealed position from which to observe or shoot game.
    • (The blind): People who are blind, considered as a group.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • He has been blind since birth. (Describes inability to see.)
    • She was blind to his faults. (Describes unwillingness to perceive.)
    • It was a moment of blind panic. (Describes irrational emotion.)
    • The car turned into a blind alley. (Describes a street with no exit.)

  • Verb:

    • The bright light blinded him temporarily. (Describes depriving of sight.)
    • His anger blinded him to the consequences. (Describes depriving of judgment.)
    • Her talent blinds everyone else's efforts. (Describes outshining.)

  • Noun:

    • Please pull down the window blind. (Refers to a window covering.)
    • The charity was a blind for their illegal operations. (Refers to a deception.)
    • The hunter waited in the blind. (Refers to a hiding place.)
    • The book is available in formats for the blind. (Refers to the group of people.)
Advanced Usage

  • "Turn a blind eye": To knowingly ignore or pretend not to notice something wrong.

    • The manager turned a blind eye to the minor safety violations.

  • "Blind spot":

    • An area where a person's view is obstructed.
      • The pillar creates a blind spot for the driver.
    • A subject or area in which a person lacks understanding or knowledge.
      • Technology is my blind spot.

  • "Blind date": A social meeting between two people who have not met before, typically arranged by a mutual friend.

    • She was nervous about going on a blind date.
Variants and Related Words
  • Blindly (adverb): Without seeing, or without reason or question.
    • He followed the instructions blindly.
  • Blindness (noun): The condition of being unable to see; lack of perception.
    • His blindness to the problem made it worse.
  • Blinder (noun): (Often plural: blinders) A pair of flaps attached to a horse's bridle to prevent it from seeing sideways.
    • The horse wore blinders to keep it focused.
Synonyms
  • Adjective (unable to see): Sightless, unseeing.
  • Adjective (irrational): Unreasoning, mindless, unreasoned.
  • Verb (deprive of sight): Dazzle.
  • Noun (deception): Front, facade, pretext, subterfuge.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Blind someone with science: To confuse or overawe someone by using technical or complicated language.
    • Don't try to blind me with science; just explain it simply.
Related Idioms
  • "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king": In a situation where everyone is incompetent, even a marginally capable person has an advantage.
  • "Blind leading the blind": A situation where people who do not know how to do something are trying to teach or lead others who also do not know.
    • Trying to fix the software without the manual was like the blind leading the blind.
blind

A guide dog helps a blind person cross the street.

Adjective
  1. not based on reason or evidence
    • blind hatred
    • blind faith
    • unreasoning panic
  2. unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
    • blind to a lover's faults
    • blind to the consequences of their actions
  3. unable to see
    • 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--Kenneth Jernigan
Verb
  1. make dim by comparison or conceal
  2. make blind by putting the eyes out
    • The criminals were punished and blinded
  3. render unable to see
Noun
  1. something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
    • he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge
    • the holding company was just a blind
  2. a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
    • they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet
  3. a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
    • he waited impatiently in the blind
  4. people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
    • he spent hours reading to the blind

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