blind meaning and definition

BLIND noun

Definition of blind (noun)

1. people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
   • "he spent hours reading to the blind"
2. a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
   • "he waited impatiently in the blind"
3. a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
   • "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"
   • synonyms: screen
4. 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"
   • synonyms: subterfuge

BLIND verb

Definition of blind (verb)

1. render unable to see
2. make blind by putting the eyes out
   • "The criminals were punished and blinded"
3. make dim by comparison or conceal
   • synonyms: dim

BLIND adjective

Definition of blind (adjective)

1. 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
   • synonyms: unsighted
   • antonym: sighted
2. unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
   • "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions"
3. not based on reason or evidence
   • "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"
   • synonyms: unreasoning