Blind

/ˈblaɪ̯nd/ · adjective

Meaning

(not comparable) Unable to see, or only partially able to see..

Definitions by Sense

1. (not comparable) Unable to see, or only partially able to see.
2. (comparable) Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.
3. (not comparable, of a place) Having little or no visibility.
4. (not comparable) Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.
5. (not comparable) Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.
6. (not comparable, metalworking, construction, of a fastener) Able to be fixed without access to one end.
7. (in certain phrases, chiefly in the negative) Smallest or slightest.
8. (not comparable) Without any prior knowledge.

Example Sentences

Even a blind hen sometimes finds a grain of corn.

Braille is a writing system for the blind.

his blind eye

He that is strucken blind cannot forget / The precious treasure of his eyesight lost.

He was plainly blind, for he tapped before him with a stick, and wore a great green shade over his eyes and nose...

The lovers were blind to each other’s faults.

Authors are blind to their own defects.

God knows that I tried / Seeing the bright side / (I’m wide awake) / But I’m not blind anymore

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Word Forms

• blinder
• blindest
• blinde
• blinds
• blinding
• blinded
• more blind
• most blind

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