blind
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (archaic) blinde
Etymology[edit]
From Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
blind (comparative blinder, superlative blindest)
- (not comparable, of a person or animal) Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
- Antonyms: seeing, sighted
- Even a blind hen sometimes finds a grain of corn.
- Braille is a writing system for the blind.
- c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:
- 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...
- (not comparable, of an eye) Unable to be used to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
- (comparable) Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.
- The lovers were blind to each other's faults.
- Authors are blind to their own defects.
- (not comparable) Of a place, having little or no visibility.
- a blind path
- a blind ditch
- a blind corner
- 1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], H[enry] Lawes, editor, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: Printed [by Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, OCLC 228715864; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, OCLC 1113942837:
- the blind mazes of this tangled wood
- (not comparable) Closed at one end; having a dead end
- 1914, James Joyce, Araby:
- North Richmond street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers' School set the boys free.
- (not comparable) Having no openings for light or passage.
- a blind wall
- a blind alley
- (in certain phrases, chiefly in the negative) 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.
- (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.
- (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.
- Unintelligible or illegible.
- a blind passage in a book; blind writing
- (horticulture) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.
- blind buds
- blind flowers
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- invisible (unable to be seen)
- anosmic
- deaf
- print disabled
Noun[edit]
blind (plural blinds)
- 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, in Crime out of Mind[1]:
- Light filtered in through the blinds of the french windows. It made tremulous stripes along the scrubbed pine floor.
- A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
- Any device intended to conceal or hide.
- a duck blind
- Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.
- (military) A blindage.
- A halting place.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- (rugby, colloquial) The blindside.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) No score.
- (poker) A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.
- The blinds are $10 and $20, and the ante is $1.
- (poker) A player who is forced to pay such a bet.
- The blinds immediately folded when I reraised.
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)
- (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?
- May 9, 1686 (date of preaching), Robert South, The Fatal Imposture and Force of Words (sermon)
- A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is […] a much greater.
- (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.
- If you're cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind,
- 1890, Rudyard Kipling, The Young British Soldier
- To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
- 1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 731548838:
- Such darkness blinds the sky.
- 1676, Edward Stillingfleet, A Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church of Rome
- The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound.
- 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.
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Adverb[edit]
blind (comparative more blind, superlative most blind)
- Without seeing; unseeingly.
- (colloquial) Absolutely, totally.
- to swear blind
- (poker, three card brag) Without looking at the cards dealt.
- (cooking, especially in combination with 'bake') 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".
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Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch blind, from Middle Dutch blint, from Old Dutch *blint, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
blind (attributive blinde, comparative blinder, superlative blindste)
- blind (unable to see)
Derived terms[edit]
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse blindr, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -end
Adjective[edit]
blind
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of blind | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Common singular | blind | mere blind | mest blind2 |
Neuter singular | blindt | mere blind | mest blind2 |
Plural | blinde | mere blind | mest blind2 |
Definite attributive1 | blinde | mere blind | mest blinde |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
References[edit]
- “blind” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch blint, from Old Dutch *blint, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.
Adjective[edit]
blind (comparative blinder, superlative blindst)
- blind (unable to see)
- Hij is sinds zijn geboorte blind.
- He has been blind since his birth.
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of blind | ||||
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uninflected | blind | |||
inflected | blinde | |||
comparative | blinder | |||
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 | — |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: blind
Etymology 2[edit]
From blinden.
Alternative forms[edit]
- blinde f
Noun[edit]
blind n (plural blinden, diminutive blindje n)
- window shutter
Synonyms[edit]
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German and Old High German blint, from Proto-West Germanic *blind.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
blind (comparative blinder, superlative am blindesten)
- blind
- (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.
- 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.
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 9:
Declension[edit]
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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 |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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 |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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 |
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “blind” in Duden online
German Low German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German blint, from Old Saxon blind. Cognate to Dutch blind, German blind.
Adjective[edit]
blind (comparative blinner, superlative blinnst)
Declension[edit]
gender | singular | plural | |||
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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 | blinne | blind | blinne |
oblique | blinnen | blinne | blind | blinne | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de blinne | de blinne | dat blinne | de blinnen |
oblique | den blinnen | de blinne | dat blinne | de blinnen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en blinne | en blinne | en blind/blinnet | (keen) blinnen |
oblique | en blinnen | en blinne | en blind/blinnet | (keen) blinnen |
gender | singular | plural | |||
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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 | blinnere | blinner | blinnere |
oblique | blinnern | blinnere | blinner | blinnere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de blinnere | de blinnere | dat blinnere | de blinnern |
oblique | den blinnern | de blinnere | dat blinnere | de blinnern | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en blinnere | en blinnere | en blinner | (keen) blinnern |
oblique | en blinnern | en blinnere | en blinner | (keen) blinnern |
gender | singular | plural | |||
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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 | blinnste | blinnst | blinnste |
oblique | blinnsten | blinnste | blinnst | blinnste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de blinnste | de blinnste | dat blinnste | de blinnsten |
oblique | den blinnsten | de blinnste | dat blinnste | de blinnsten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en blinnste | en blinnste | en blinnst | (keen) blinnsten |
oblique | en blinnsten | en blinnste | en blinnst | (keen) blinnsten |
Note: This declension is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
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Icelandic[edit]
Adjective[edit]
blind
- inflection of blindur:
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse blindr, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.
Adjective[edit]
blind (neuter singular blindt, definite singular and plural blinde)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “blind” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse blindr, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz. Akin to English blind.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
blind (masculine and feminine blind, neuter blindt, definite singular and plural blinde, comparative blindare, indefinite superlative blindast, definite superlative blindaste)
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
blind
- imperative of blinda
References[edit]
- “blind” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *blind.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
blind
- blind
- blind, dēaf, and dumb
- blind, deaf, and dumb
- God is dēad and man is blind.
- God is dead and man is blind.
- (substantive) a blind person
Declension[edit]
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Old Saxon[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *blind.
Adjective[edit]
blind
Declension[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish blinder, from Old Norse blindr, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
blind
- blind; unable or failing to see
Declension[edit]
Inflection of blind | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | blind | blindare | blindast |
Neuter singular | blint | blindare | blindast |
Plural | blinda | blindare | blindast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | blinde | blindare | blindaste |
All | blinda | blindare | blindaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. |
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- en:Cooking
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