Meaning

6 senses
  1. Something that blinds, literally or figuratively.

    A bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while it is being handled or mounted.

  2. (often, plural, plural only)A screen attached to a horse's bridle preventing it from being able to see things to its side.

    шо́рыšóry

  3. Something that impairs visual or mental perception in a way figuratively compared to horses' blinders.

  4. (UK, slang)An exceptional performance.

    He played a blinder this afternoon on the cricket ground.

  5. (slang)A bout of heavy drinking.

  6. A bright light used to blind the audience temporarily during a scene change.

More definitions
  • blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Why do horses wear blinders?

    deWarum tragen Pferde Scheuklappen?

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  2. No mole could be blinder.

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  3. That bunch of sociopaths are individuals who chose to put blinders on to please the leader of pack.

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  4. Passions are blinders.

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  5. The Beetle was blind, and the Bat was blinder, and they went to take tea with the Scissors-grinder.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
horse's eye shield:

Origin

From blind + -er.

From blind + -er.

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Forms

plural: blinders
Singularblinder
Pluralblinders

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side:winkerblinker

Word family

2 related words
Relatedblind

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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