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English adjective: blind | |||
| 1. | blind unable to see | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | unsighted | ||
| Similar | blinded, blindfold, blindfolded, blue-blind, color-blind, colour-blind, dazzled, deuteranopic, dim-sighted, eyeless, green-blind, near-blind, protanopic, purblind, red-blind, sand-blind, sightless, snow-blind, snow-blinded, stone-blind, tritanopic, unseeing, visually challenged, visually impaired | ||
| Antonyms | sighted | ||
| 2. | blind unable or unwilling to perceive or understand | ||
| Samples | Blind to a lover's faults. Blind to the consequences of their actions. | ||
| Similar | unperceiving, unperceptive | ||
| Antonyms | perceptive | ||
| 3. | blind not based on reason or evidence | ||
| Samples | Blind hatred. Blind faith. Unreasoning panic. | ||
| Synonyms | unreasoning | ||
| Similar | irrational | ||
| Antonyms | rational | ||
English noun: blind | |||
| 1. | blind (group) people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group | ||
| Samples | He spent hours reading to the blind. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | people | ||
| Member holonym | blind person | ||
| 2. | blind (artifact) a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters) | ||
| Samples | He waited impatiently in the blind. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | concealment, cover, covert, screen | ||
| 3. | blind (artifact) a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight | ||
| Samples | They had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet. | ||
| Synonyms | screen | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | protection, protective cover, protective covering | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blinder, blinker, curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall, shutter, window blind, winker | ||
| 4. | blind (communication) something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity | ||
| Samples | He wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge. The holding company was just a blind. | ||
| Synonyms | subterfuge | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deceit, deception, misrepresentation | ||
English verb: blind | |||
| 1. | blind (perception) render unable to see | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bedazzle, daze, dazzle, seel, snow-blind | ||
| 2. | blind (perception) make blind by putting the eyes out | ||
| Samples | The criminals were punished and blinded. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abacinate | ||
| 3. | blind (change) make dim by comparison or conceal | ||
| Synonyms | dim | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | darken | ||
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