Meaning & Definition of Blind in English

1. People who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group

• "He spent hours reading to the blind"

2. A hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)

• "He waited impatiently in the blind"

3. A protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight

• "They had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"

4. Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

• "He wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"

• "The holding company was just a blind"

1. Render unable to see

2. Make blind by putting the eyes out

• "The criminals were punished and blinded"

3. Make dim by comparison or conceal

1. Unable to see

• "A person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--kenneth jernigan

2. Unable or unwilling to perceive or understand

• "Blind to a lover's faults"

• "Blind to the consequences of their actions"

3. Not based on reason or evidence

• "Blind hatred"

• "Blind faith"

• "Unreasoning panic"