American English pronunciation
How to pronounce blind
IPA transcription: [b'laɪnd]
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Noun
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people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
“he spent hours reading to the blind”
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a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
“they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet”
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a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
“he waited impatiently in the blind”
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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”
Verb
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render unable to see
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make blind by putting the eyes out
“The criminals were punished and blinded”
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make dim by comparison or conceal
Adjective
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unable to see; --Kenneth Jernigan
“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”
Adjective
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unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
“blind to a lover's faults”
“blind to the consequences of their actions”
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not based on reason or evidence
“blind hatred”
“blind faith”
“unreasoning panic”
Usage examples
- His wife became ill, which led to blindness, after their marriage and died young.
- A fierce struggle ensued, made worse by a blinding snowstorm on the battlefield.
- She also appears in "Blindness" as the First Blind Man's Wife.
- Deafblind computer users may also use refreshable braille displays.
- In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
- Mrs. Blinder's got the key!
- This later became the British and Foreign Blind Association.
- Blind with rage, he darted in.
- In later life, Abel became completely blind.
- Love is blind.