blind

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /blaɪnd/

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Adjective

Positive blind

Comparative blinder

Superlative blindest

1. (not comparable) If someone or something is blind, they can't see.

   I'm not totally blind. I can see a little.

2. (comparable) If someone or something is blind, they can't see the truth about something.

   How can you be so blind about your problems?

Verb

Plain form blind

Third-person singular blinds

Past tense blinded

Past participle blinded

Present participle blinding

1. (transitive) If someone is blinded, they become unable to see.

   The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded.

   Don't wave that pencil in my face - do you want to blind me?

Noun

Singular blind

Plural blinds

1. A covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
2. Any device intended to conceal or hide; as, a duck blind.
3. In poker a forced bet.

   The player was in the big blind.

4. An 1800s baseball term meaning no score.

Adverb

Positive blind

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. Without seeing; unseeingly.
2. In three card brag, without looking at the cards dealt.