Blind | Mean of blind in English Dictionary

/ˈblaɪnd/

• unable to see
1. a blind person
2. He was born blind.
3. She is blind in one eye. [=she can see with one of her eyes but not with the other]
4. She went blind [=she became unable to see] at age 67.
• unable to notice or judge something
1. He is blind to his son's faults.
2. Each party was blind to the other's concerns.
• accepting the actions or decisions of someone or something without any questions or criticism
1. blind loyalty/allegiance/obedience
2. I'm not sure blind faith [=unquestioning belief] in our leaders is wise.

• done in a way that prevents participants, judges, etc., from seeing or knowing certain things that might influence them
1. a blind taste test [=a test in which people taste something without knowing what it is, who made it, etc.]
2. a blind clinical trial for the new medicine
3. blind auditions
• difficult for a driver to see
1. a blind driveway/drive
2. a blind curve
• unable to see well at all
1. Without glasses I'm blind as a bat.
• not even a very small amount
1. I told them what I wanted, but they didn't take a blind bit of notice. [=they didn't notice at all; they did not listen to me]
2. It does not make a blind bit of difference what you do. [=it does not matter at all what you do]
• blind people
1. The agency provides assistance to the blind.
2. I'll try to help, but it's the blind leading the blind because I've never done this before either.
• to ignore a problem instead of dealing with it
1. Corruption in the police force is rampant, but authorities are turning a blind eye.
2. Colleges can't afford to turn a blind eye to alcohol abuse.
• Verb
• to cause (someone) to be unable to see
1. The accident blinded me in one eye. = The accident left me blinded in one eye.
2. She was blinded as a child in a terrible fire.
• to cause (someone) to be unable to see for a short time
1. I was blinded by the sun as I came around the corner.
• to cause (someone) to be unable to think clearly or to act reasonably
1. He was blinded by love.
2. Greed blinds them to everything except money. [=greed causes them to think and care about only money]
• Noun
• something that is used to cover a window from the inside of a room
• a roll of cloth or plastic that is hung at the top of a window and pulled down over the window
1. Raise/lower/open/close the blinds.
• a place where hunters hide from animals while they are hunting
1. a duck blind [=a place to hide when hunting ducks]
• something that is used to trick people or to prevent people from noticing a particular thing
1. Some say the investigation is a blind to keep the public's attention off the governor.
• without seeing outside of an airplane
1. They had to fly blind through heavy smoke.
• to the degree that you are unable to think clearly or to act reasonably
1. He was blind drunk.