Meaning

4 senses

  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?

    blenden

    слепи́тьslepítʹ, ослепля́тьoslepljátʹ, ослепи́тьoslepítʹ

    сліпи́тиslipýty, заслі́плюватиzaslípljuvaty, засліпля́тиzaslipljáty

    make blind by putting the eyes out

  2. (informal)To curse, swear, use foul language

  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.

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

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  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

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  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

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  4. How can you be so blind?

    Як ти можеш бути таким сліпим? — deniko

    ruКак можешь ты быть таким слепым? — sharptoothed

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  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

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
make temporarily or permanently blind:
Русский
By meaning 1
make temporarily or permanently blind:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
make temporarily or permanently blind:

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

blinds, blinding, blinded, blinded
Base formblind · to blind
3rd person singularblinds
Present participleblinding
Past simpleblinded
Past participleblinded

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyblind
he, she, itblinds

Past simpleLesson

all personsblinded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave blinded
he, she, ithas blinded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill blind

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • make dim by comparison or conceal:dim

Word family

5 related words
Relatedblinder
DerivedblindnessB2blindabilityblindableblinding

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

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
blightC2blikeblimeyblinderblindfold

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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