blinder
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Adjective
blinder
- comparative form of blind: more blind
- 1830, William Pashley, The Voice of Reason in Defence of the Christian Faith:
- Ye who arrogate to yourselves that ye see more, or at least are not so blind as others; in your unbelieving conduct, allow me to say, ye are blinder than others; ye are even blinder than the most ignorant and illiterate.
Noun
blinder (plural blinders)
- Something that blinds.
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 15, [1]
- As it was, innocence was his blinder.
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 15, [1]
- A bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while it is being handled or mounted.
- A screen attached to a horse's bridle preventing it from being able to see things to its side.
- 1969, Kenzaburō Ōe, A Personal Matter, translated by John Nathan, New York: Grove Press, Chapter 5, p. 84,
- From both sides of his head a blackness swiftly grew like blinders on a horse and darkly narrowed his field of vision.
- 1978 Edward Said, Orientalism, New York: Vinatage, 2003, Chapter 3, Part I, p. 207,
- Orientalism itself, furthermore, was an exclusively male province; like so many professional guilds during the modern period, it viewed itself and its subject matter with sexist blinders.
- 1969, Kenzaburō Ōe, A Personal Matter, translated by John Nathan, New York: Grove Press, Chapter 5, p. 84,
- (British, slang) An exceptional performance.
- He played a blinder this afternoon on the cricket ground.
- 1992, Glyn Maxwell, "Out of the Rain" in Boys at Twilight: Poems 1990 to 1995, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, p. 91,
- And we asked the blue winger, who in our game / had played what they call a blinder, to help out
- (slang) A bout of heavy drinking, a bender.
- 1985, John Maxton, Hansard, 2 May, 1985, [2]
- If a man goes out on a blinder, he might be charged with being drunk and incapable and therefore have a criminal record, although he is an honourable man.
- 1985, John Maxton, Hansard, 2 May, 1985, [2]
Synonyms
Translations
horse's eye shield
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Verb
blinder (third-person singular simple present blinders, present participle blindering, simple past and past participle blindered)
- To fit (a horse) with blinders; to obstruct the vision of.
- 1958, Sylvia Plath, "Above the Oxbow" in The Collected Poems, New York: Harper & Row, p. 88,
- […] We climb in hopes / Of such seeing up the leaf-shuttered escarpments, / Blindered by green, under a green-grained sky
- 1986, Tessa Albert Warschaw, Rich is Better: How Women Can Bridge the Gap Between Wanting and Having It All — Financially, Emotionally, Professionally, Penguin, p. 248,
- They think they're being focussed when they're really just blindering their eyes, as a farmer would a plough horse, to ways of getting to their goal faster.
- 1958, Sylvia Plath, "Above the Oxbow" in The Collected Poems, New York: Harper & Row, p. 88,
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
blinder
Conjugation
Conjugation of blinder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | blinder | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | blindant /blɛ̃.dɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | blindé /blɛ̃.de/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | blinde /blɛ̃d/ |
blindes /blɛ̃d/ |
blinde /blɛ̃d/ |
blindons /blɛ̃.dɔ̃/ |
blindez /blɛ̃.de/ |
blindent /blɛ̃d/ |
imperfect | blindais /blɛ̃.dɛ/ |
blindais /blɛ̃.dɛ/ |
blindait /blɛ̃.dɛ/ |
blindions /blɛ̃.djɔ̃/ |
blindiez /blɛ̃.dje/ |
blindaient /blɛ̃.dɛ/ | |
past historic2 | blindai /blɛ̃.de/ |
blindas /blɛ̃.da/ |
blinda /blɛ̃.da/ |
blindâmes /blɛ̃.dam/ |
blindâtes /blɛ̃.dat/ |
blindèrent /blɛ̃.dɛʁ/ | |
future | blinderai /blɛ̃.dʁe/ |
blinderas /blɛ̃.dʁa/ |
blindera /blɛ̃.dʁa/ |
blinderons /blɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
blinderez /blɛ̃.dʁe/ |
blinderont /blɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | blinderais /blɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
blinderais /blɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
blinderait /blɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
blinderions /blɛ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
blinderiez /blɛ̃.də.ʁje/ |
blinderaient /blɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | blinde /blɛ̃d/ |
blindes /blɛ̃d/ |
blinde /blɛ̃d/ |
blindions /blɛ̃.djɔ̃/ |
blindiez /blɛ̃.dje/ |
blindent /blɛ̃d/ |
imperfect2 | blindasse /blɛ̃.das/ |
blindasses /blɛ̃.das/ |
blindât /blɛ̃.da/ |
blindassions /blɛ̃.da.sjɔ̃/ |
blindassiez /blɛ̃.da.sje/ |
blindassent /blɛ̃.das/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | blinde /blɛ̃d/ |
— | blindons /blɛ̃.dɔ̃/ |
blindez /blɛ̃.de/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “blinder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
blinder
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse blinder, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.
Adjective
blinder
Declension
Declension of blinder (strong)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | blinder | blind | blint |
accusative | blindan | blinda | blint |
dative | blindum blindom |
blindri blindre |
blindu blindo |
genitive | blinds | blindrar | blinds |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | blindir blinder |
blindar | blind |
accusative | blinda | blindar | blind |
dative | blindum blindom |
blindum blindom |
blindum blindom |
genitive | blindra blinda |
blindra blinda |
blindra blinda |
Declension of blinder (weak)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | blindi blinde |
blinda | blinda |
accusative | blinda | blindu blindo |
blinda |
dative | blinda | blindu blindo |
blinda |
genitive | blinda | blindu blindo |
blinda |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | blindu blindo |
blindu blindo |
blindu blindo |
accusative | blindu blindo |
blindu blindo |
blindu blindo |
dative | blindu blindo |
blindu blindo |
blindu blindo |
genitive | blindu blindo |
blindu blindo |
blindu blindo |
Descendants
- Swedish: blind
Welsh
Etymology
Noun
blinder m (plural blinderau)
Derived terms
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