blind

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 See also 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.4.3 See also 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Derived terms 1.5.2 Translations 1.6 Adverb 2 Dutch 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Noun 3 German 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Adjective 3.3.1 Derived terms 3.4 See also 4 Swedish 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Adjective 4.2.1 Compounds

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• (archaic) blinde

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  Rhymes: -aɪnd

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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. (baseball, slang) An 1800s baseball term meaning no score.
4. (poker) A forced bet.
5. (poker) A player who is or was forced to make a bet.

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• big blind
• blinders
• small blind
• Venetian blind
• blind map

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• curtain
• jalousie

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blind (comparative blinder, superlative blindest)

1. (not comparable) Of a person or animal, unable to see.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island,

     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 see, acknowledge, perceive.

   The lovers were blind to each other’s faults.

3. (not comparable) Of a place, having little or no visibility; as, a blind corner.
4. (not comparable) Closed at one end; having a dead end; as, a blind hole, a blind alley.
5. (not comparable) Without opening; as, a blind wall.
6. (idiomatic) smallest or slightest in phrases such as

   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.

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• anosmic
• deaf
• print disabled

[edit] Verb

to blind (third-person singular simple present blinds, present participle blinding, simple past and past participle blinded)

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?

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• blinding
• blindness

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blind (comparative more blind, superlative most blind)

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

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blind (inflected blinde)

1. blind (unable to see)

[edit] Noun

blind n. (plural blinden)

1. blind, shutter

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[edit] Etymology

Old High German blint

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• IPA: /blɪnt/

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blind (comparative blinder, superlative am blindesten)

1. blind

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• blinde Passagier
• farbenblind
• nachtblind

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• blenden

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[edit] Swedish

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[edit] Adjective

Inflections of blind		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	blind	blindare		blindast
	Neuter	blint
Definite singular	Masc.	blinde		blindaste
	All	blinda		blindaste
Plural		blinda		blindaste

blind

1. blind; unable or failing to see

[edit] Compounds

• blindgång
• blindgångare
• blindbock
• blindstyre
• färgblind