blind

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blind Definition

• (a) unable to see
• (n) people who have severe visual impairments; "he spent hours reading to the blind"
• (n) a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind"
• (n) something that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"
• (n) 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"
• (s) unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover''s faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions"
• (s) not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"
• (v) render unable to see
• (v) make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were punished and blinded"
• (v) make dim by comparison or conceal

blind Synonyms

• blind
• dim
• screen
• subterfuge
• unreasoning
• unsighted