blind
- Noun. A covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
- Noun. Any device intended to conceal or hide; as, a duck blind.
- Noun. (baseball, slang) An 1800s baseball term meaning ''no score''.
- Noun. (poker) A forced bet.
- Noun. (poker) A player who is or was forced to make a bet.
- Adjective. (not comparable, of a person or animal) Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
- Adjective. (not comparable, of an eye) Unable to being used to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
- Adjective. (comparable) Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.
- Adjective. (not comparable) Of a place, having little or no visibility; as, a blind corner.
- Adjective. (not comparable, engineering) Closed at one end; having a dead end; as, a blind hole, a blind alley.
- Adjective. (not comparable) Without opening; as, a blind wall.
- Adjective. smallest or slightest in phrases such as.
- Adjective. (not comparable) without any prior knowledge.
- Adjective. (not comparable) unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
- Verb. (transitive) To make temporarily or permanently blind.
- Adverb. Without seeing; unseeingly.
- Adverb. (poker, three card brag) Without looking at the cards dealt.
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