Meaning

14 senses
  1. (not comparable)Unable to see, or only partially able to see.

    Even a blind hen sometimes finds a grain of corn.

    Braille is a writing system for the blind.

    blind

    слепо́йslepój, незря́чийnezrjáčij

    сліпи́йslipýj

    unable to see

  2. (comparable)Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.

    The lovers were blind to each other’s faults.

    Authors are blind to their own defects.

  3. (not comparable)Having little or no visibility.

    a blind path

    a blind ditch

  4. (not comparable)Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.

    a blind alley

    a blind fistula

  5. (not comparable)Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.

    a blind wall

    a blind alley

    глухо́йgluxój

  6. (not comparable)Able to be fixed without access to one end.

    a blind rivet

  7. (in certain phrases)Smallest or slightest.

    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.

  8. (not comparable)Without any prior knowledge.

    He took a blind guess at which fork in the road would take him to the airport.

    I went into the meeting totally blind, so I really didn’t have a clue what I was talking about.

    вслепу́юvslepúju

  9. (not comparable)Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.

    blind deference

    blind justice

    blind

  10. Using blinded study design, wherein information is purposely limited to prevent bias.

    a blind trial

  11. Unintelligible or illegible.

    a blind passage in a book; blind writing

  12. Not having a well-defined head.

Examples

832 sentences
  1. He went blind from the accident.

    Він осліпнув через нещасний випадок.

    ruОн ослеп из-за несчастного случая.

    deEr erblindete aufgrund des Unfalls.

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  2. He is blind in one eye.

    Він сліпий на одне око.

    ruОн слепой на один глаз.

    deEr ist auf einem Auge blind.

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  3. Tom is blind in one eye.

    Том сліпий на одне око.

    ruТом слеп на один глаз.

    deTom ist auf einem Auge blind.

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  4. How can you be so blind?

    Як ти можеш бути таким сліпим?

    ruКак можешь ты быть таким слепым?

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  5. Don't forget that Tom is blind.

    Не забувай, що Том сліпий.

    ruНе забывайте, что Том слеп.

    deVergessen Sie nicht, dass Tom blind ist.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
unable to see:
Русский
By meaning 4
unable to see:
having no openings for light or passage:
without any prior knowledge:
horticulture: failing to produce flowers or fruit:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
failing to see:

Origin

From Middle English blynd, from Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from P

From Middle English blynd, from Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.

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Forms

blinder, blindest
Comparativeblinder Lesson
Superlativeblindest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

94 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a blind date
  • blind in one
  • blind date
  • on a blind
  • is blind in
  • legally blind
  • opened the blinds
  • was born blind
  • love is blind
  • are both blind
  • born blind
  • both blind

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
blind — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto