blind

/blaɪnd/

#4,220 of the most-used English words

noun

1. A covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
2. A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
3. Any device intended to conceal or hide.
   "a duck blind"
4. Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.

Similar: rollsign

verb

1. To make temporarily or permanently blind.
   "Don't wave that pencil in my face - do you want to blind me?"
2. To curse.
3. To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
4. To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.

adjective

1. (of a person or animal) Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
2. (of an eye) Unable to be used to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
3. Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.
   "Authors are blind to their own defects."
4. Of a place, having little or no visibility.
   "a blind corner"

adverb

1. Without seeing; unseeingly.
2. Absolutely, totally.
   "to swear blind"
3. (three card brag) Without looking at the cards dealt.