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blind

nounadjectiveverb /blaɪnd/ 1 syllables 5 letters Scrabble 8 WWF 11
Definitions
noun

something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

“the holding company was just a blind”

adjective

unable or unwilling to perceive or understand

“blind to a lover's faults”

verb

make dim by comparison or conceal

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”

adjective

not based on reason or evidence

“blind hatred”

noun

a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight

“they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet”

noun

a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)

“he waited impatiently in the blind”

verb

make blind by putting the eyes out

“The criminals were punished and blinded”

noun

people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group

“he spent hours reading to the blind”

verb

render unable to see

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