'Blind' definitions:

Definition of 'blind'

From: WordNet
adjective
Unable to see; "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan [syn: blind, unsighted] [ant: sighted]
adjective
Unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions"
adjective
Not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic" [syn: blind, unreasoning]
noun
People who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group; "he spent hours reading to the blind"
noun
A hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind"
noun
A protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" [syn: blind, screen]
noun
Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind" [syn: subterfuge, blind]
verb
Render unable to see
verb
Make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were punished and blinded"
verb
Make dim by comparison or conceal [syn: blind, dim]

Definition of 'Blind'

From: GCIDE
  • Blind \Blind\, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind, Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.]
  • 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. [1913 Webster]
  • He that is strucken blind can not forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects. [1913 Webster]
  • But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. [1913 Webster]
  • This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation. --Jay. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced. [1913 Webster]
  • The blind mazes of this tangled wood. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. (Hort.) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. [1913 Webster]
  • Blind alley, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac.
  • Blind axle, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. --Knight.
  • Blind beetle, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night.
  • Blind cat (Zool.), a species of catfish ({Gronias nigrolabris}), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania.
  • Blind coal, coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. --Simmonds.
  • Blind door, Blind window, an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See Blank door or Blank window, under Blank, a.
  • Blind level (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. --Knight.
  • Blind nettle (Bot.), dead nettle. See Dead nettle, under Dead.
  • Blind shell (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode.
  • Blind side, the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. --Swift.
  • Blind snake (Zool.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family Typhlopid[ae], with rudimentary eyes.
  • Blind spot (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light.
  • Blind tooling, in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; -- called also blank tooling, and blind blocking.
  • Blind wall, a wall without an opening; a blank wall. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Blind'

From: GCIDE
  • Blind \Blind\, Blinde \Blinde\, n. See Blende. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Blind'

From: GCIDE
  • Blind \Blind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blinded; p. pr. & vb. n. Blinding.]
  • 1. To make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment. "To blind the truth and me." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is . . . a much greater. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle. [1913 Webster]
  • Her beauty all the rest did blind. --P. Fletcher. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive. [1913 Webster]
  • Such darkness blinds the sky. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound. --Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Blind'

From: GCIDE
  • Blind \Blind\, n.
  • 1. Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. [Cf. F. blindes, p?., fr. G. blende, fr. blenden to blind, fr. blind blind.] (Mil.) A blindage. See Blindage. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A halting place. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Blind

Definition of 'blind'

From: GCIDE
  • closed \closed\ adj.
  • 1. having an opening obstructed. [Narrower terms: blind] Also See: obstructed, sealed, shut, unopen, closed. Antonym: open. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. (Math.) of a curve or surface: having no end points or boundary curves; of a set: having members that can be produced by a specific operation on other members of the same set; of an interval: containing both its endpoints. open [WordNet 1.5]
  • 3. Being in a position to obstruct an opening; -- especially of doors. [Narrower terms: fastened, latched] Also See: closed. Antonym: open.
  • Syn: shut, unopen. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 4. having skin drawn so as to obstruct the opening; -- used of mouth or eyes. Opposite of open. he sat quietly with closed eyes [Narrower terms: blinking, winking; compressed, tight; squinched, squinting]
  • Syn: shut. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 5. requiring union membership; -- of a workplace; as, a closed shop. [prenominal] [WordNet 1.5]
  • 6. closed with shutters. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 7. hidden from the public; as, a closed ballot. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 8. not open to the general public; as, a closed meeting. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 9. unsympathetic; -- of a person's attitude. a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas [WordNet 1.5]
  • 10. surrounded by walls. a closed porch
  • Syn: closed in(predicate). [WordNet 1.5]
  • 11. made compact by bending or doubling over; as, a closed map.
  • Syn: folded. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 12. closed or fastened with or as if with buttons. [Narrower terms: buttoned (vs. unbuttoned)] [WordNet 1.5]
  • 13. not engaged in activity; -- of an organization or business establishment. the airport is closed because of the weather; the many closed shops and factories made the town look deserted
  • Syn: shut down. [WordNet 1.5]

Definition of 'Blind'

From: Easton
  • Blind Blind beggars are frequently mentioned (Matt. 9:27; 12:22; 20:30; John 5:3). The blind are to be treated with compassion (Lev. 19:14; Deut. 27:18). Blindness was sometimes a punishment for disobedience (1 Sam. 11:2; Jer. 39:7), sometimes the effect of old age (Gen. 27:1; 1 Kings 14:4; 1 Sam. 4:15). Conquerors sometimes blinded their captives (2 Kings 25:7; 1 Sam. 11:2). Blindness denotes ignorance as to spiritual things (Isa. 6:10; 42:18, 19; Matt. 15:14; Eph. 4:18). The opening of the eyes of the blind is peculiar to the Messiah (Isa. 29:18). Elymas was smitten with blindness at Paul's word (Acts 13:11).

Synonyms of 'blind'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Blind'