HyperDic: blind

English > 10 senses of the word *blind*:
ADJECTIVE	all	blind, unsighted	unable to see
	all	blind	unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
	all	blind, unreasoning	not based on reason or evidence
NOUN	group	blind	people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
	artifact	blind	a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
	artifact	blind, screen	a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
	communication	blind, subterfuge	something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
VERB	perception	blind	render unable to see
	perception	blind	make blind by putting the eyes out
	change	blind, dim	make dim by comparison or conceal

blind > pronunciation
Sounds	blay'nd
Rhymes	affined ... wind: 39 rhymes with aynd...

English > *blind*: 10 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	Unable to see.
Example	"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
Synonym	unsighted
Narrower	blinded	deprived of sight
	blindfold, blindfolded	Wearing a blindfold
	color-blind, colour-blind	Unable to distinguish / distinguish one or more chromatic colors
	dazzled	Having vision overcome temporarily by or as if by intense light
	deuteranopic, green-blind	inability to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red
	dim-sighted, near-blind, purblind, sand-blind, visually impaired, visually challenged	Having greatly reduced vision
	eyeless, sightless, unseeing	lacking sight
	protanopic, red-blind	inability to see the color red or to distinguish red and bluish-green
	snow-blind, snow-blinded	temporarily blinded by exposure to light reflected from snow or ice
	stone-blind	Completely blind
	tritanopic, blue-blind	inability to see the color blue or to distinguish the colors blue and yellow
Opposite	sighted	able to see
Spanish	ciego, invidente
Catalan	cec, orb
Nouns	blindness	the state of being blind or lacking sight
Adverbs	blindly	without seeing or looking

English > *blind*: 10 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	Unable or unwilling to perceive or understand.
Examples	"blind to a lover's faults" "blind to the consequences of their actions"
Broader	unperceptive, unperceiving	lacking perception
Spanish	ciego

English > *blind*: 10 senses > adjective 3
Meaning	not based on reason or evidence.
Examples	"blind hatred" "blind faith"
Synonym	unreasoning
Broader	irrational	not consistent with or using reason
Spanish	ciego
Adverbs	blindly	without preparation / preparation or reflection

English > *blind*: 10 senses > noun 1, group
Meaning	people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group.
Example	"he spent hours reading to the blind"
Members	blind person	A person with a severe visual impairment
Broader	people	(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
Catalan	persiana
Verbs	blind	make blind by putting the eyes out
Verbs	blind	render unable to see

English > *blind*: 10 senses > noun 2, artifact
Meaning	A hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters).
Example	"he waited impatiently in the blind"
Broader	screen, cover, covert, concealment	A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
Catalan	persiana

English > *blind*: 10 senses > noun 3, artifact
Meaning	A protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight.
Example	"they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"
Synonym	screen
Narrower	curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall	hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
	shutter	A hinged blind for a window
	window blind	A blind for privacy or to keep out light
	winker, blinker, blinder	blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side
Broader	protective covering, protective cover, protection	A covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
Spanish	cortina, pantalla, persiana
Catalan	pantalla, persiana

English > *blind*: 10 senses > noun 4, communication
Meaning	Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity.
Example	"the holding company was just a blind"
Synonym	subterfuge
Broader	misrepresentation, deceit, deception	A misleading falsehood
Spanish	callejuela, demora, efugio, rodeo, socapa, subterfugio, tapujo
Catalan	escapatòria, sortida, subterfugi

English > *blind*: 10 senses > verb 1, perception
Meaning	Render unable to see.
Pattern	Something ----s somebody
Narrower	dazzle, bedazzle, daze	To cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
	seel	sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons
	snow-blind	affect with snow blindness
Spanish	cegar
Catalan	cegar
Nouns	blind	people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
Nouns	blinder	blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side

English > *blind*: 10 senses > verb 2, perception
Meaning	make blind by putting the eyes out.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Example	"The criminals were punished and blinded"
Narrower	abacinate	blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes
Broader	change, alter, modify	Cause to change
Spanish	cegar
Catalan	cegar
Nouns	blind	people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group

English > *blind*: 10 senses > verb 3, change
Meaning	make dim by comparison or conceal.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Synonym	dim
Broader	darken	make dark or darker
Spanish	atenuar, ensombrecer
Catalan	enlluernar

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