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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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From Old English blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blaɪnd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪnd

Adjective

blind (comparative blinder, superlative blindest)

  1. (not comparable, of a person or animal) Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
    Antonyms: seeing, sighted
  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
    • (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      the blind mazes of this tangled wood
  5. (not comparable) Closed at one end; having a dead end
    a blind gut
    • 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.
  6. (not comparable) Having no openings for light or passage.
    a blind wall, a blind alley
  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 justice
    blind punishment
    • (Can we date this quote by Jay and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      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

Terms derived from blind (adjective)

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Noun

blind (plural blinds)

A destination blind (sense 2) on the side of a London bus
  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, 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.
  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. (rugby, colloquial) The blindside.
  8. (baseball, slang, 1800s) No score.
  9. (poker) A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.
    The blinds are $10/$20 and the ante is $1.
  10. (poker) A player who is forced to pay such a bet.
    The blinds immediately folded when I reraised.
  11. (as a plural) Those who are blind, taken as a group.
    Braille is a writing system for the blind.

Synonyms

  • (destination sign): rollsign (mainly US)

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Verb

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?
    • (Can we date this quote by South and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      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.
    • (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Such darkness blinds the sky.
    • (Can we date this quote by Stillingfleet and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      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.

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Translations

Adverb

blind (comparative more blind, superlative most blind)

  1. Without seeing; unseeingly.
  2. (colloquial) Absolutely, totally.
    to swear blind
  3. (poker, three card brag) Without looking at the cards dealt.

Translations

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

blind (attributive blinde, comparative blinder, superlative blindste)

  1. blind (unable to see)

Derived terms

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

blind

  1. blind

Inflection

Inflection of blind
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular blind mere blind mest blind2
Indefinite 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

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

blind (comparative blinder, superlative blindst)

  1. blind (unable to see)
    Hij is sinds zijn geboorte blind.
    He has been blind since his birth.
Inflection
Declension of blind
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
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: blind

Etymology 2

From blinden.

Alternative forms

Noun

blind n (plural blinden, diminutive blindje n)

  1. window shutter
Synonyms

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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.

Declension

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Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “blind” in Duden online

German Low German

Etymology

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Cognate to Dutch blind, German blind.

Adjective

blind (comparative blinner, superlative blinnst)

  1. blind

Declension

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 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/blinnen en blinne en blind/blinnet (keen) blinnen
oblique en blinnen en blinne en blind/blinnet (keen) blinnen
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 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/blinneren en blinnere en blinner (keen) blinnern
oblique en blinnern en blinnere en blinner (keen) blinnern
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 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/blinnsten 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.

Icelandic

Adjective

blind

  1. inflection of blindur:
    1. feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
    2. neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
    3. neuter plural accusative strong positive degree

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Adjective

blind (neuter singular blindt, definite singular and plural blinde)

  1. blind

Derived terms

Terms derived from blind

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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From Old Norse blindr, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz. Akin to English blind.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blind (neuter blindt, definite singular and plural blinde, comparative blindare, indefinite superlative blindast, definite superlative blindaste)

  1. blind

Derived terms

Terms derived from blind

Verb

blind

  1. imperative of blinda

References

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blindaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blind

  1. blind
    blind, dēaf, and dumb
    blind, deaf, and dumb
    God is dēad and man is blind.
    God is dead and man is blind.
  2. (substantive) a blind person

Declension

Declension of blind — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative blind blind blind
Accusative blindne blinde blind
Genitive blindes blindre blindes
Dative blindum blindre blindum
Instrumental blinde blindre blinde
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative blinde blinda, blinde blind
Accusative blinde blinda, blinde blind
Genitive blindra blindra blindra
Dative blindum blindum blindum
Instrumental blindum blindum blindum
Declension of blind — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative blinda blinde blinde
Accusative blindan blindan blinde
Genitive blindan blindan blindan
Dative blindan blindan blindan
Instrumental blindan blindan blindan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative blindan blindan blindan
Accusative blindan blindan blindan
Genitive blindra, blindena blindra, blindena blindra, blindena
Dative blindum blindum blindum
Instrumental blindum blindum blindum

Related terms

Descendants

Old Saxon

Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *blindaz.

Adjective

blind

  1. blind

Declension

Positive forms of blind
Strong declension
gender masculine feminine neuter
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative blind blinde, blinda blind blinda blind blind, blinda
accusative blindan, blinden blinda, blinde blinda blinda blind blind, blinda
genitive blindes, blindas blindaro, blindoro, blindero blindara, blindaro blindaro, blindoro, blindero blindes, blindas blindaro, blindoro, blindero
dative blindumu, blindum, blindun, blindun, blindon, blinden, blindan blindun, blindon, blindum blindaro, blindaru, blindara blindun, blindon blindumu, blindum, blindun, blindun, blindon, blinden, blindan blindun, blindon, blindum
Weak declension
gender masculine feminine neuter
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative blindo, blinda blindon, blindun blinda, blinde blindon, blindun, blindan blinda, blinde blindon, blindun
accusative blindon, blindan blindon, blindun blindun, blindon, blindan blindon, blindun, blindan blinda, blinde blindon, blindun
genitive blinden, blindan blindono, blindeno blindun, blindan, blinden blindono blinden, blindan blindono, blindeno
dative blindon, blinden, blindan blindon, blindun blindun, blindan blindon, blindun blindon, blinden, blindan blindon, blindun


Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

blind

  1. blind; unable or failing to see

Declension

Inflection of blind
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular blind blindare blindast
Neuter singular blint blindare blindast
Plural blinda blindare blindast
Masculine plural3 blinde 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.
3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

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