Meaning

10 senses
  1. A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.

    Jalousie, Rouleau, Rollo

    што́рыštóry, марки́заmarkíza, жалюзи́žaljuzí

    што́раštóra, фіра́нкаfiránka, жалюзі́žaljuzí

  2. A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.

  3. A place where people can hide in order to observe wildlife.

    a duck blind

    Field biologists use blinds, and so do hunters.

  4. Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge, deception.

  5. A blindage.

  6. A hiding place.

    a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)

  7. (colloquial)The blindside.

  8. (slang)No score.

    Blinder, Blinde

    слепо́йslepój, слепа́яslepája

  9. A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.

    The blinds are $10 and $20, and the ante is $1.

    Blind

  10. A player who is forced to pay such a bet.

    The blinds immediately folded when I reraised.

Examples

832 sentences
  1. He went blind from the accident.

    Він осліпнув через нещасний випадок. — aandrusiak

    ruОн ослеп из-за несчастного случая. — Hellerick

    deEr erblindete aufgrund des Unfalls. — pne

  2. He is blind in one eye.

    Він сліпий на одне око. — aandrusiak

    ruОн слепой на один глаз. — NastyaKayokhtina

    deEr ist auf einem Auge blind. — Kerstin

  3. Tom is blind in one eye.

    Том сліпий на одне око. — deniko

    ruТом слеп на один глаз. — Biga

    deTom ist auf einem Auge blind. — enteka

  4. How can you be so blind?

    Як ти можеш бути таким сліпим? — deniko

    ruКак можешь ты быть таким слепым? — sharptoothed

  5. Don't forget that Tom is blind.

    Не забувай, що Том сліпий. — deniko

    ruНе забывайте, что Том слеп. — Wezel

    deVergessen Sie nicht, dass Tom blind ist. — mayabe

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
covering for a window:
Русский
By meaning 2
covering for a window:
blind person:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
covering for a window:
blind person:
forced bet in poker:

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

plural: blinds
Singularblind
Pluralblinds

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
destination sign:rollsign
Close in meaning
  • a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight:screen
  • something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity:subterfuge

Word family

11 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

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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