blind

adj

1. (not-comparable)Unable to see, or only partially able to see.

   “Even a blind hen sometimes finds a grain of corn.”

   “Braille is a writing system for the blind.”

   “his blind eye”

   “He that is strucken blind cannot forget / The precious treasure of his eyesight lost.”

   “He was plainly blind, for he tapped before him with a stick, and wore a great green shade over his eyes and nose...”

2. (comparable)Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.

   “The lovers were blind to each other’s faults.”

   “Authors are blind to their own defects.”

   “God knows that I tried / Seeing the bright side / (I’m wide awake) / But I’m not blind anymore”

3. (not-comparable)Having little or no visibility.

   “a blind path”

   “a blind ditch”

   “a blind corner”

   “the blind mazes of this tangled wood”

4. (not-comparable)Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.

   “a blind alley”

   “a blind fistula”

   “a blind gut”

   “The naric-hypophysial canal was blind at both ends, and paired olfactory sacs opened into it, as well as a narrow canal from the front of the gut.”

   “North Richmond street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers' School set the boys free.”

5. (not-comparable)Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.

   “a blind wall”

   “a blind alley”

6. (not-comparable)Able to be fixed without access to one end.

   “a blind rivet”

7. (in-certain-phrases)Smallest or slightest.

   “I shouted, but he didn’t take a blind bit of notice.”

   “We pulled and pulled, but it didn't make a blind bit of difference.”

8. (not-comparable)Without any prior knowledge.

   “He took a blind guess at which fork in the road would take him to the airport.”

   “I went into the meeting totally blind, so I really didn’t have a clue what I was talking about.”

9. (not-comparable)Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.

   “blind deference”

   “blind justice”

   “blind punishment”

   “1787–1788, John Jay, The Federalist Papers This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation.”

   “America spells competition / Join us in our blind ambition / Get yourself a brand-new motor car”

10. Using blinded study design, wherein information is purposely limited to prevent bias.

    “a blind trial”

11. Unintelligible or illegible.

    “a blind passage in a book; blind writing”

12. not having a well-defined head.

    “There it was, right in the middle of my forehead - the biggest, blindest, reddest pimple I'd ever seen, just hanging there like a limpet mine.”

13. Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.

    “blind buds”

    “blind flowers”

14. (slang)Uncircumcised.

noun

1. A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.

   “A blind bearing the monogram G.V.T. is pulled down over the waiting room window as if still in mourning for the passing of the railway.”

   “Light filtered in through the blinds of the french windows. It made tremulous stripes along the scrubbed pine floor.”

2. A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
3. A place where people can hide in order to observe wildlife.

   “a duck blind”

   “Field biologists use blinds, and so do hunters.”

   “A gang of children […] stampede along a slatted path to a blind beside a watering hole: a wooden hut full of long benches with a slot they can peek through, invisible to the animals.”

4. Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge, deception.
5. A blindage.
6. A hiding place.

   “So, when the watchful shepherd, from the blind, Wounds with a random shaft the careless hind”

7. (colloquial)The blindside.
8. (slang)No score.
9. A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.

   “The blinds are $10 and $20, and the ante is $1.”

10. A player who is forced to pay such a bet.

    “The blinds immediately folded when I reraised.”

verb

1. (transitive)To make temporarily or permanently blind.

   “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?”

   “A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is […] a much greater.”

2. (informal)To curse, swear, use foul language

   “If you’re cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind, Don’t grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind; Be handy and civil, and then you will find That it’s beer for the young British soldier.”

   “I could see the unfortunate man felt his position deeply, and I was surprised that he contented himself with a mere ‘Ouch !’ But I suppose these solid citizens have to learn to curb the tongue. Creates a bad impression, I mean, if they start blinding and stiffing as those more happily placed would be.”

3. To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.

   “He ſought, but in the dark tempeſtuous Night He knew not whither to direct his Sight. So whirl the Seas, ſuch Darkneſs blinds the Sky, That the black Night receives a deeper Dye.”

   “The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound.”

4. To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.

adv

1. Without seeing; unseeingly.

   “It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind - as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness.”

2. (colloquial)Absolutely, totally.

   “to swear blind”

   “It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind - as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness.”

3. Without looking at the cards dealt.
4. (especially, in-compounds)As a pastry case only, without any filling.

   “Blind bake your pie case for fifteen minutes, then add the filling. This will help avoid a “soggy bottom”.”

   “If the shell is going to be baked without a filling, “baking the crust blind,” prick the bottom and sides of the crust to allow the steam to escape. Another variation: line the bottom of the crust with parchment paper […]”

   “PIE WEIGHTS: When you are baking a crust blind, which means when you are partially or fully baking it without filling (see blind-baking, page 474), you need something to keep the crust from puffing up: weights.”

name

1. A surname.