blind

  1. 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.
  2. Noun.  Any device intended to conceal or hide; as, a duck blind.
  3. Noun.  (baseball, slang) An 1800s baseball term meaning ''no score''.
  4. Noun.  (poker) A forced bet.
  5. Noun.  (poker) A player who is or was forced to make a bet.
  6. Adjective.  (not comparable, of a person or animal) Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
  7. Adjective.  (not comparable, of an eye) Unable to being used to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
  8. Adjective.  (comparable) Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.
  9. Adjective.  (not comparable) Of a place, having little or no visibility; as, a blind corner.
  10. Adjective.  (not comparable, engineering) Closed at one end; having a dead end; as, a blind hole, a blind alley.
  11. Adjective.  (not comparable) Without opening; as, a blind wall.
  12. Adjective.  smallest or slightest in phrases such as.
  13. Adjective.  (not comparable) without any prior knowledge.
  14. Adjective.  (not comparable) unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
  15. Verb.  (transitive) To make temporarily or permanently blind.
  16. Adverb.  Without seeing; unseeingly.
  17. Adverb.  (poker, three card brag) Without looking at the cards dealt.

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