blind

Definitions of blind in various dictionaries:

noun - people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group

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

noun - a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight

noun - something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

verb - render unable to see

verb - make blind by putting the eyes out

verb - make dim by comparison or conceal

adj - unable to see

adj - unable or unwilling to perceive or understand

adj - not based on reason or evidence

Sightless.

Having a maximal visual acuity of the better eye, after correction by refractive lenses, of one-tenth normal vision or less (20/200 or less on the Snellen test).

Of, relating to, or for sightless persons.

Performed or made without the benefit of background information that might prejudice the outcome or result: blind taste tests used in marketing studies.

Performed without preparation, experience, or knowledge: made a blind stab at answering the question.

Performed by instruments and without the use of sight: blind navigation.

Unable or unwilling to perceive or understand: blind to a lover’s faults.

Not based on reason or evidence; unquestioning: put blind faith in their leaders.

Drunk.

Independent of human control: blind fate.

Difficult to comprehend or see; illegible.

Incompletely or illegibly addressed: blind mail.

Hidden from sight: a blind seam.

Screened from the view of oncoming motorists: a blind driveway.

Secret or otherwise undisclosed: a blind item in a military budget.

Closed at one end: a blind socket; a blind passage.

Having no opening: a blind wall.

Failing to produce flowers or fruits: a blind bud.

Something, such as a window shade or a Venetian blind, that hinders vision or shuts out light.

A shelter for concealing hunters, especially duck hunters.

Something intended to conceal the true nature, especially of an activity; a subterfuge.

Without seeing; blindly.

Without the aid of visual reference: flew blind through the fog.

Without forethought or provision; unawares: entered into the scheme blind.

Into a stupor: drank themselves blind.

Used as an intensive: Thieves in the bazaar robbed us blind.

To deprive of sight: was blinded in an industrial accident.

To dazzle: skiers temporarily blinded by sunlight on snow.

To deprive of perception or insight: prejudice that blinded them to the merits of the proposal.

To withhold light from: Thick shrubs blinded our downstairs windows.