Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Alternative spellings
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
    • 1.3.1 Derived terms
    • 1.3.2 Translations
    • 1.3.3 See also
  • 1.4 Adjective
    • 1.4.1 Derived terms
    • 1.4.2 Translations
    • 1.4.3 See also
  • 1.5 Verb
    • 1.5.1 Derived terms
    • 1.5.2 Translations
  • 1.6 Adverb
• 2 Dutch
  • 2.1 Adjective
    • 2.1.1 Declension
  • 2.2 Noun
• 3 German
  • 3.1 Etymology
  • 3.2 Pronunciation
  • 3.3 Adjective
    • 3.3.1 Derived terms
  • 3.4 See also
• 4 Swedish
  • 4.1 Pronunciation
  • 4.2 Adjective
    • 4.2.1 Compounds

English

Alternative spellings

• (archaic) blinde

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -aɪnd

Noun

blind (plural blinds)

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. Any device intended to conceal or hide; as, a duck blind.
3. (baseball, slang) An 1800s baseball term meaning no score.
4. (poker) A forced bet.
5. (poker) A player who is or was forced to make a bet.

Derived terms

• big blind
• blinders
• small blind
• Venetian blind
• blind map

See also

• curtain
• jalousie

Adjective

blind (comparative blinder, superlative blindest)

1. (not comparable) Of a person or animal, unable to see.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island,

     He was plainly blind, for he tapped before him with a stick, and wore a great green shade over his eyes and nose...

2. (comparable) Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.

   The lovers were blind to each other’s faults.

3. (not comparable) Of a place, having little or no visibility; as, a blind corner.
4. (not comparable) Closed at one end; having a dead end; as, a blind hole, a blind alley.
5. (not comparable) Without opening; as, a blind wall.
6. (idiomatic) smallest or slightest in phrases such as

   I shouted, but he didn't take a blind bit of notice.

   We pulled and pulled, but it didn't make a blind bit of difference.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• anosmic
• deaf
• print disabled

Verb

to blind (third-person singular simple present blinds, present participle blinding, simple past and past participle blinded)

1. (transitive) To make temporarily or permanently blind.

   The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded.

   Don't wave that pencil in my face - do you want to blind me?

Derived terms

• blinding
• blindness

Translations

Adverb

blind (comparative more blind, superlative most blind)

1. Without seeing; unseeingly.
2. In three card brag, without looking at the cards dealt.

Dutch

Adjective

blind (comparative blinder, superlative blindst)

1. blind (unable to see)

Declension

Noun

blind n. (plural blinden)

1. blind, shutter

German

Etymology

Old High German blint

Pronunciation

• IPA: /blɪnt/

Adjective

blind (comparative blinder, superlative am blindesten)

1. blind

Derived terms

• blinde Passagier
• farbenblind
• nachtblind

See also

• blenden

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adjective

blind

1. blind; unable or failing to see

Compounds

• blindgång
• blindgångare
• blindbock
• blindstyre
• färgblind

See Also:

• Blind
• Blindism
• Deafblind
• Blindness
• Blind Date

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