blind

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old English blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz. Akin to German blind, Old High German blint.

Adjective[edit]

blind (comparative blinder, superlative blindest)

  1. (not comparable, of a person or animal) Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
    • Shakespeare
      He that is strucken blind cannot forget / The precious treasure of his eyesight lost.
    • 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. (not comparable, of an eye) Unable to be used to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
  3. (comparable) Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.
    The lovers were blind to each other's faults.
    Authors are blind to their own defects.
  4. (not comparable) Of a place, having little or no visibility.
    a blind path; a blind ditch; a blind corner
    • Milton
      the blind mazes of this tangled wood
  5. (not comparable) Closed at one end; having a dead end; as, a blind hole, a blind alley.
  6. (not comparable) Having no openings for light or passage.
    a blind wall, open only at one end; a blind alley; a blind gut
  7. 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.
  8. (not comparable) without any prior knowledge.
    He took a blind guess at which fork in the road would take him to the airport.
  9. (not comparable) unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
    blind deference
    blind punishment
    • Jay
      This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation.
  10. Unintelligible or illegible.
    a blind passage in a book; blind writing
  11. (horticulture) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.
    blind buds; blind flowers

Derived terms[edit]

terms derived from blind (adjective)

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Noun[edit]

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.
    • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 12, Crime out of Mind[1]:
      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. Any device intended to conceal or hide.
    a duck blind
  4. Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.
  5. (military) A blindage.
  6. A halting place.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
  7. (baseball, slang, 1800s) No score.
  8. (poker) A forced bet.
  9. (poker) A player who is or was forced to make a bet.

Synonyms[edit]

  • (destination sign): rollsign (mainly US)

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Verb[edit]

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?
    • South
      A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is […] a much greater.
  2. (slang, obsolete) To curse.
    • 1890, Rudyard Kipling, The Young British Soldier
      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.
  3. To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
    • Dryden
      Such darkness blinds the sky.
    • Stillingfleet
      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; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.

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Adverb[edit]

blind (comparative more blind, superlative most blind)

  1. Without seeing; unseeingly.
  2. (poker, three card brag) Without looking at the cards dealt.

Translations[edit]

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse blindr, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.

Adjective[edit]

blind c (neuter blindt, plural and definite blinde, comparative mere blind, superlative mest blind)

  1. blind

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch blint, from Old Dutch *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.

Adjective[edit]

blind (comparative blinder, superlative blindst)

  1. blind (unable to see)
Declension[edit]
Declension of blind
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial blind blinder het blindst
het blindste
indefinite m./f. sing. blinde blindere blindste
n. sing. blind blinder blindste
plural blinde blindere blindste
definite blinde blindere blindste
partitive blinds blinders —

Etymology 2[edit]

From blinden.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

blind n (plural blinden, diminutive blindje n)

  1. window shutter
Synonyms[edit]

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Old High German blint, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

blind (comparative blinder, superlative am blindesten)

  1. blind
  2. (of a mirror or windowpane) cloudy
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 9:
      So dunkel und schauerlich die Gruft aussah, wenn man durch die blinden, bestaubten Scheibchen der kleinen Fenster hineinblickte, so hell und freundlich war oben die Kirche.
      Just as dark and eerie the crypt looked like, if one looked in it through the cloudy, dusted little panes of the small windows, as bright and friendly was the church above.

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Declension[edit]

Positive forms of blind
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist blind sie ist blind es ist blind sie sind blind
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative blinder blinde blindes blinde
genitive blinden blinder blinden blinder
dative blindem blinder blindem blinden
accusative blinden blinde blindes blinde
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der blinde die blinde das blinde die blinden
genitive des blinden der blinden des blinden der blinden
dative dem blinden der blinden dem blinden den blinden
accusative den blinden die blinde das blinde die blinden
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein blinder eine blinde ein blindes (keine) blinden
genitive eines blinden einer blinden eines blinden (keiner) blinden
dative einem blinden einer blinden einem blinden (keinen) blinden
accusative einen blinden eine blinde ein blindes (keine) blinden
Comparative forms of blind
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist blinder sie ist blinder es ist blinder sie sind blinder
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative blinderer blindere blinderes blindere
genitive blinderen blinderer blinderen blinderer
dative blinderem blinderer blinderem blinderen
accusative blinderen blindere blinderes blindere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der blindere die blindere das blindere die blinderen
genitive des blinderen der blinderen des blinderen der blinderen
dative dem blinderen der blinderen dem blinderen den blinderen
accusative den blinderen die blindere das blindere die blinderen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein blinderer eine blindere ein blinderes (keine) blinderen
genitive eines blinderen einer blinderen eines blinderen (keiner) blinderen
dative einem blinderen einer blinderen einem blinderen (keinen) blinderen
accusative einen blinderen eine blindere ein blinderes (keine) blinderen
Superlative forms of blind
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist am blindesten sie ist am blindesten es ist am blindesten sie sind am blindesten
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative blindester blindeste blindestes blindeste
genitive blindesten blindester blindesten blindester
dative blindestem blindester blindestem blindesten
accusative blindesten blindeste blindestes blindeste
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der blindeste die blindeste das blindeste die blindesten
genitive des blindesten der blindesten des blindesten der blindesten
dative dem blindesten der blindesten dem blindesten den blindesten
accusative den blindesten die blindeste das blindeste die blindesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein blindester eine blindeste ein blindestes (keine) blindesten
genitive eines blindesten einer blindesten eines blindesten (keiner) blindesten
dative einem blindesten einer blindesten einem blindesten (keinen) blindesten
accusative einen blindesten eine blindeste ein blindestes (keine) blindesten

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Low German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate to Dutch blind, German blind.

Adjective[edit]

blind (comparative blinner, superlative blinnst)

  1. blind

Declension[edit]

Positive forms of blind
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative he is blind se is blind dat is blind se sünd blind
partitive een Blinns een Blinns wat Blinns allens Blinn
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative blinne(n) blinne blind blinne
oblique blinne(n) blinne blind blinne
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative de blinne de blinne dat blinne de blinne(n)
oblique de(n) blinne(n) de blinne dat blinne de blinne(n)
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative en blinne(n) en blinne en blind, blinnet (kene) blinne(n)
oblique en(en) blinne(n) en blinne en blind, blinnet (kene) blinne(n)
Comparative forms of blind
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative he is blinner se is blinner dat is blinner se sünd blinner
partitive een blinners een blinners wat blinners allens blinner
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative blinnere(n) blinnere blinner blinnere
oblique blinnere(n) blinnere blinner blinnere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative de blinnere de blinnere dat blinnere de blinnere(n)
oblique de(n) blinnere(n) de blinnere dat blinnere de blinnere(n)
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative en blinnere(n) en blinnere en blinner, blinneret (kene) blinnere(n)
oblique en(en) blinnere(n) en blinnere en blinner, blinneret (kene) blinnere(n)
Superlative forms of blind
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative he is de Blinnste se is de Blinnste dat is dat Blinnste se sünd de Blinnsten
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative blinnste(n) blinnste blinnst blinnste
oblique blinnste(n) blinnste blinnst blinnste
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative de blinnste de blinnste dat blinnste de blinnste(n)
oblique de(n) blinnste(n) de blinnste dat blinnste de blinnste(n)
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative en blinnste(n) en blinnste en blinnst, blinnstet (kene) blinnste(n)
oblique en(en) blinnste(n) en blinnste en blinnst, blinnstet (kene) blinnste(n)


Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse blindr, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.

Adjective[edit]

blind m, f (neuter blindt, plural blinde)

  1. blind

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse blindr, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.

Adjective[edit]

blind m, f (neuter blindt, plural blinde)

  1. blind

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *blindaz.

Adjective[edit]

blind

  1. blind

Declension[edit]

Positive forms of blind
Strong declension
masculine neuter feminine
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative blind blinde blind blinde blind blindu
accusative blindana blinde blind blinde blinda blindu
genitive blindes blindarō blindes blindarō blindaro blindarō
dative blindumu blindum blindumu blindum blindaro blindum
Weak declension
masculine neuter feminine
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative blindo blindu blinda blindu blinda blindu
accusative blindun blindun blinda blindun blindun blindun
genitive blindun blindonō blindun blindonō blindun blindonō
dative blindun blindum blindun blindum blindun blindum


Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse blindr, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

blind

  1. blind; unable or failing to see

Declension[edit]

Declension of blind
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

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