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Blind
blʌɪnd
- having little or no usable vision; having a severe visual impairment or permanent sight loss, on account of a congenital condition or because of ageing, injury, or a medical condition later in life
"they travelled the world to compete in tournaments for blind people"
visually impaired having a visual impairment having sight loss vision-impaired unsighted sightless visionless unseeing- temporarily unable to see; blinded
"dust from the dry ground momentarily made me blind"
- (of an action, especially a test or experiment) done without being able to see or without having relevant information
"a blind tasting of eight wines"
- (of flying) using instruments only
"blind landings during foggy conditions"
- lacking perception, awareness, or judgement
"a blind acceptance of the status quo"
imperceptive unperceptive unaware uncomprehending unimaginative insensitive unmindful of mindless of careless of heedless of oblivious to insensible to unconcerned about/by inattentive to indifferent to uncritical unreasoned unthinking unconsidered mindless injudicious undiscerning indiscriminate- not controlled by reason
"they left in blind panic"
- not governed by purpose
"a world of blind chance"
- (of a corner or bend in a road) impossible to see round
"two trucks collided on a blind curve in the road"
- (of a door or window) walled up
"fresco paintings on the blind windows"
- closed at one end
"a blind pipe"
- not the slightest (used in emphatic expressions)
"this declaration is not a blind bit of good to the workers"
- (of a plant) without buds, eyes, or terminal flowers
"planting too shallowly is the most common cause of bulbs coming up blind"
- cause (someone) to lose sight, either permanently or temporarily; make unable to see
"the injury temporarily blinded him"
make blind deprive of sight deprive of vision render unsighted render sightless put someone's eyes out gouge someone's eyes out stop someone seeing obscure someone's vision block someone's vision get in someone's line of vision dazzle - deprive (someone) of understanding, judgement, or perception
"he was blinded by his faith"
deprive of understanding deprive of perception deprive of judgement deprive of reason deprive of sense- confuse or overawe someone with (something they do not understand)
"they try to blind you with science"
- move very fast and dangerously
"I could see the bombs blinding along above the rooftops"
- a screen for a window, especially one on a roller or made of slats
"she pulled down the blinds"
- an awning over a shop window
- something designed to conceal one's real intentions
"he phoned again from his own home: that was just a blind for his wife"
deception camouflage screen smokescreen front facade cover disguise cloak pretext masquerade mask feint- a camouflaged shelter used for observing or hunting wildlife
"a duck blind"
- a heavy drinking bout
"he's off on a blind again"
drinking bout debauch
- without being able to see clearly
"he was the first pilot in history to fly blind"
- without having all the relevant information; unprepared
"he was going into the interview blind"
- (of a stake in poker or brag) put up by a player before the cards dealt are seen