Definitions For Blindest
verb
- To cause (someone) to be unable to see : to make (someone) blind
- To cause (someone) to be unable to see for a short time
- To cause (someone) to be unable to think clearly or to act reasonably
- Without seeing outside of an airplane : using only a plane’s instruments
- To the degree that you are unable to think clearly or to act reasonably
noun
- Something that is used to cover a window from the inside of a room ; especially : a roll of cloth or plastic that is hung at the top of a window and pulled down over the window
- A place where hunters hide from animals while they are hunting
- Something that is used to trick people or to prevent people from noticing a particular thing
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The word Blindest is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Blindest in a Sentence
- Our old blind cat kept walking into walls and furniture
- You’d have to be really blind to think that was a good idea
- She was blinded as a child in a terrible fire.
- I was blinded by the sun as I came around the corner.
- He was blinded by love.
- Some say the investigation is a blind to keep the public’s attention off the governor.
- They had to fly blind through heavy smoke.
Antonyms for Blindest
Словосочетания
be blind — не быть в состоянии оценить
go blind — действовать вслепую; играть втемную; безрассудно
to blind — ослеплять
bat-blind — совершенно слепой
sun-blind — штора; тент
sun blind — противосолнечная шторка; маркиза; ставень
red blind — страдающий дальтонизмом; слепой на красный цвет
red-blind — страдающий дальтонизмом; слепой на красный цвет
sex blind — не дискриминирующий по признаку пола
blind bud — непроросшая почка; ослеплённая почка; удалённая почка
blind dam — глухая плотина
blind die — глухая матрица; пресс
blind fly — потайная застёжка
fly blind — лететь по приборам
blind lap — усилительная нить основовязаного переплётения; усилительная петля
blind nut — колпачок с резьбой; колпачковая гайка; сгонная гайка
blind pit — слепой ствол; слепая шахта; слепая пора
blind sap — крытая сапа
blind sub — глухой переводник; заглушка
blind tag — ярлык заглушки
blind gut — а) слепая кишка; б) тупик, безвыходное положение
blind Tom — жмурки
blind pig — бар, где незаконно торгуют спиртными напитками
the blind — слепой; слепые
blind aid — тифлотехнический прибор
blind arc — декоративный свод; декоративная арка
blind cap — крышка
blind end — торец цилиндра со стороны головки; закрытый конец слепой кишки; глухарка
blind-end — глухой
blind man — почтовый чиновник, разбирающий письма с неполным или нечётко написанным адресом
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Примеры
He was blinded by love.
Он был ослеплён любовью.
Beverley was born blind.
Беверли родилась слепой.
She was blind with tears.
Она ничего не видела, её глаза были полны слёз.
How jealousy blinds people!
Как же ревность ослепляет людей!
She was blind to his faults.
Она закрывала глаза на его недостатки.
Blind rage took hold of him.
Слепая ярость овладела им.
You left the blinds wide open.
Ты оставил шторы нараспашку.
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She’s almost blind in her right eye. 
They had to fly blind through heavy smoke.
Blinded by tears, I walked towards the door.
Not stupid: just blind, reckless, desperate.
She screamed at him, her eyes blind with tears.
He was totally blind to the faults of his children.
She swore blind that she had never seen him before.
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Другие формы слова:
- blind blinded
blind
(blīnd)
adj. blind·er, blind·est
1.
a. Sightless.
b. Having a maximal visual acuity of the better eye, after correction by refractive lenses, of one-tenth normal vision or less (20/200 or less on the Snellen test).
c. Of, relating to, or for sightless persons.
2.
a. Performed or made without the benefit of background information that might prejudice the outcome or result: blind taste tests used in marketing studies.
b. Performed without preparation, experience, or knowledge: a blind stab at answering the question.
c. Performed by instruments and without the use of sight: blind navigation.
3. Unable or unwilling to perceive or understand: blind to a lover’s faults.
4. Not based on reason or evidence; unquestioning: put blind faith in their leaders.
5. Slang Drunk.
6. Lacking reason or purpose: blind fate; blind choice.
7.
a. Difficult to comprehend or see; illegible.
b. Incompletely or illegibly addressed: blind mail.
c. Hidden from sight: a blind seam.
d. Screened from the view of oncoming motorists: a blind driveway.
e. Secret or otherwise undisclosed: a blind item in a military budget.
8. Closed at one end: a blind socket; a blind passage.
9. Having no opening: a blind wall.
10. Botany Failing to produce flowers or fruits: a blind bud.
n.
1. (used with a pl. verb) Blind people considered as a group. Used with the: a radio station for reading to the blind.
2. often blinds Something, such as a window shade or a Venetian blind, that hinders vision or shuts out light.
3. A shelter for concealing hunters, photographers, or observers of wildlife.
4. Something intended to conceal the true nature, especially of an activity; a subterfuge.
5. A forced bet in poker that is placed before the cards are dealt.
adv.
1.
a. Without seeing; blindly.
b. Without the aid of visual reference: flew blind through the fog.
2. Without forethought or provision; unawares: entered into the scheme blind.
3. Without significant information, especially that might affect an outcome or result: «When you read blind, you see everything but the author» (Margaret Atwood).
4. Informal Into a stupor: drank themselves blind.
5. Used as an intensive: Thieves in the bazaar robbed us blind.
tr.v. blind·ed, blind·ing, blinds
1. To deprive of sight: was blinded in an industrial accident.
2. To dazzle: skiers temporarily blinded by sunlight on snow.
3. To deprive of perception or insight: prejudice that blinded them to the proposal’s merits.
4. To withhold light from: Thick shrubs blinded our downstairs windows.
blind′ing·ly adv.
blind′ly adv.
blind′ness n.
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blind
(blaɪnd)
adj
1.
a. unable to see; sightless
b. (as collective noun; preceded by the): the blind.
2. (usually foll by to) unable or unwilling to understand or discern
3. not based on evidence or determined by reason: blind hatred.
4. acting or performed without control or preparation
5. (Aeronautics) done without being able to see, relying on instruments for information
6. hidden from sight: a blind corner; a blind stitch.
7. closed at one end: a blind alley.
8. completely lacking awareness or consciousness: a blind stupor.
9. informal very drunk
10. having no openings or outlets: a blind wall.
11. without having been seen beforehand: a blind purchase.
12. (Botany) (of cultivated plants) having failed to produce flowers or fruits
13. (intensifier): not a blind bit of notice.
14. turn a blind eye to disregard deliberately or pretend not to notice (something, esp an action of which one disapproves)
adv
15. without being able to see ahead or using only instruments: to drive blind; flying blind.
16. without adequate knowledge or information; carelessly: to buy a house blind.
17. (intensifier) (in the phrase blind drunk)
18. (Cookery) bake blind to bake (the empty crust of a pie, pastry, etc) by half filling with dried peas, crusts of bread, etc, to keep it in shape
vb (mainly tr)
19. to deprive of sight permanently or temporarily
20. to deprive of good sense, reason, or judgment
21. to darken; conceal
22. (foll by with) to overwhelm by showing detailed knowledge: to blind somebody with science.
23. (intr) slang Brit to drive very fast
24. (intr) slang Brit to curse (esp in the phrase effing and blinding)
n
25. (modifier) for or intended to help blind and partially sighted people: a blind school.
26. (Furniture) a shade for a window, usually on a roller
27. any obstruction or hindrance to sight, light, or air
28. a person, action, or thing that serves to deceive or conceal the truth
29. a person who acts on behalf of someone who does not wish his identity or actions to be known
30. old-fashioned slang Also called: blinder Brit a drunken orgy; binge
31. (Card Games) poker a stake put up by a player before he examines his cards
32. (Hunting) hunting chiefly US and Canadian a screen of brush or undergrowth, in which hunters hide to shoot their quarry. Brit name: hide
33. (Military) military a round or demolition charge that fails to explode
[Old English blind; related to Old Norse blindr, Old High German blint; Lettish blendu to see dimly; see blunder]
ˈblindly adv
ˈblindness n
Usage: It is preferable to avoid using phrases such as the blind. Instead you should talk about blind and partially sighted people
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
blind
(blaɪnd)
adj. blind•er, blind•est,
v.
n., adv. adj.
1. unable to see; lacking the sense of sight.
2. unwilling or unable to understand: blind to their faults.
3. not characterized or determined by reason or control: blind chance.
4. absolute and unquestioning: blind faith.
5. lacking all consciousness or awareness: a blind stupor.
6. drunk.
7. hard to see or understand: blind reasoning.
8. hidden from immediate view: a blind corner.
9. of concealed or undisclosed identity; sponsored anonymously: a blind ad signed only with a box number.
10. having no outlets; closed at one end: a blind passage.
11. (of an archway, arcade, etc.) having no windows, passageways, or the like.
12. done by instruments alone: blind flying.
13. made without some prior knowledge: a blind purchase.
14. of or pertaining to an experimental design that prevents investigators or subjects from knowing the hypotheses or conditions being tested.
15. of, pertaining to, or for blind persons.
v.t.
16. to make sightless permanently or temporarily, as by injuring, dazzling, or bandaging the eyes.
17. to make obscure or dark: The room was blinded by heavy curtains.
18. to deprive of discernment, reason, or judgment.
19. to outshine; eclipse: a radiance that doth blind the sun.
n.
20. something that obstructs vision.
21. a window covering with horizontal or vertical slats.
24. a lightly built structure of brush or other growths, esp. one in which hunters conceal themselves.
25. an activity, organization, or the like for concealing a true action or purpose; subterfuge.
adv.
26. to the point of losing consciousness: to drink oneself blind.
27. without the ability to see clearly; blindly: to drive blind through a storm.
28. without guidance, proper information, etc.: to work blind.
29. to an extreme degree; completely.
Idioms:
fly blind, to pilot an airplane during conditions of poor visibility with only instruments for guidance.
[before 1000; Middle English, Old English]
blind′ing•ly, adv.
blind′ly, adv.
blind′ness, n.
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blind
Blind can be an adjective, a verb, or a noun.
1. used as an adjective
If someone is blind, they cannot see, because there is something wrong with their eyes.
He is ninety-four years of age and he is blind, deaf, and bad-tempered.
Be Careful!
Don’t say that ‘someone’s eyes are blind’.
2. used as a verb
If something blinds you, it makes you blind.
The acid went on her face and blinded her.
If something blinds you to a situation, it prevents you from being aware of it. This is the most common use of the verb blind.
He never let his love of his country blind him to his countrymen’s faults.
3. used as a noun
You can refer to all the blind people in a country as the blind.
What do you think of the help that’s given to the blind?
A blind is a wide roll of cloth or paper which you can pull down over a window in order to keep the light out, or to prevent people from looking in.
She slammed the window shut and pulled the blind.
In American English, a device like this is sometimes called a shade or window shade.
Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012
blind
Past participle: blinded
Gerund: blinding
| Imperative |
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| blind |
| blind |
| Present |
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| I blind |
| you blind |
| he/she/it blinds |
| we blind |
| you blind |
| they blind |
| Preterite |
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| I blinded |
| you blinded |
| he/she/it blinded |
| we blinded |
| you blinded |
| they blinded |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am blinding |
| you are blinding |
| he/she/it is blinding |
| we are blinding |
| you are blinding |
| they are blinding |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have blinded |
| you have blinded |
| he/she/it has blinded |
| we have blinded |
| you have blinded |
| they have blinded |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was blinding |
| you were blinding |
| he/she/it was blinding |
| we were blinding |
| you were blinding |
| they were blinding |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had blinded |
| you had blinded |
| he/she/it had blinded |
| we had blinded |
| you had blinded |
| they had blinded |
| Future |
|---|
| I will blind |
| you will blind |
| he/she/it will blind |
| we will blind |
| you will blind |
| they will blind |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have blinded |
| you will have blinded |
| he/she/it will have blinded |
| we will have blinded |
| you will have blinded |
| they will have blinded |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be blinding |
| you will be blinding |
| he/she/it will be blinding |
| we will be blinding |
| you will be blinding |
| they will be blinding |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been blinding |
| you have been blinding |
| he/she/it has been blinding |
| we have been blinding |
| you have been blinding |
| they have been blinding |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been blinding |
| you will have been blinding |
| he/she/it will have been blinding |
| we will have been blinding |
| you will have been blinding |
| they will have been blinding |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been blinding |
| you had been blinding |
| he/she/it had been blinding |
| we had been blinding |
| you had been blinding |
| they had been blinding |
| Conditional |
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| I would blind |
| you would blind |
| he/she/it would blind |
| we would blind |
| you would blind |
| they would blind |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have blinded |
| you would have blinded |
| he/she/it would have blinded |
| we would have blinded |
| you would have blinded |
| they would have blinded |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
blind
1. shade
2. A flowering plant that fails to produce flowering shoots.
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  blind — people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group; «he spent hours reading to the blind»
people — (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; «old people»; «there were at least 200 people in the audience» blind person — a person with a severe visual impairment |
| 2. |  blind — a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); «he waited impatiently in the blind»
cover, covert, concealment, screen — a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; «a screen of trees afforded privacy»; «under cover of darkness»; «the brush provided a covert for game»; «the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background» |
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| 3. |  blind — a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; «they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet»
screen curtain, drape, drapery, pall, mantle — hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) protective cover, protective covering, protection — a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; «they had no protection from the fallout»; «wax provided protection for the floors» shutter — a hinged blind for a window window blind — a blind for privacy or to keep out light blinder, winker, blinker — blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side |
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| 4. | blind — 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»
subterfuge deception, misrepresentation, deceit — a misleading falsehood |
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| Verb | 1. |  blind — render unable to see
bedazzle, daze, dazzle — to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light; «She was dazzled by the bright headlights» seel — sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons snow-blind — affect with snow blindness; «the glare of the sun snow-blinded her» |
| 2. |  blind — make blind by putting the eyes out; «The criminals were punished and blinded»
alter, change, modify — cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; «The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city»; «The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue» abacinate — blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone’s eyes; «The prisoners were abacinated by their captors» |
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| 3. |  blind — make dim by comparison or conceal
dim darken — make dark or darker; «darken a room» |
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| Adj. | 1. |  blind — 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
unsighted sighted — able to see |
| 2. |  blind — unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; «blind to a lover’s faults»; «blind to the consequences of their actions»
unperceiving, unperceptive — lacking perception; «as unperceptive as a boulder» |
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| 3. | blind — not based on reason or evidence; «blind hatred»; «blind faith»; «unreasoning panic»
unreasoning irrational — not consistent with or using reason; «irrational fears»; «irrational animals» |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
blind
adjective
2. (often with to) unaware of, unconscious of, deaf to, ignorant of, indifferent to, insensitive to, oblivious of, unconcerned about, inconsiderate of, neglectful of, heedless of, insensible of, unmindful of, disregardful of All the time I was blind to your suffering.
unaware of concerned, aware, conscious, noticeable, discerning, knowledgeable, attentive, alive to, observant, heedful
6. unthinking, wild, violent, rash, reckless, irrational, hasty, senseless, mindless, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, unchecked, impetuous, intemperate, unconstrained The poor man went into a blind panic.
verb
1. stop someone seeing, block someone’s vision, obscure someone’s vision The sun hit the windscreen, momentarily blinding him.
2. make blind, deprive of sight, deprive of vision, render sightless The blast of pellets blinded him in one eye.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
blind
adjective
1. Without the sense of sight:
2. Unwilling or unable to perceive:
3. Slang. Stupefied, excited, or muddled with alcoholic liquor:
Slang: bombed, boozed, boozy, crocked, high, lit (up), loaded, looped, pickled, pixilated, plastered, potted, sloshed, smashed, soused, stinking, stinko, stoned, tight, zonked.
4. Screened from the view of oncoming drivers:
verb
To confuse with bright light:
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Translations
slepýzbavit zrakufintaklamléčka
blindblindeblinde-gøre blindlokkedue
blinda
pimepimestama
sokea
slijepslijepci
vakbe nem láthatófalbólmegvakítroló
buta
blind-blindablindra-blindurblindur á/fyrir
目の見えない
눈 먼맹인들
akimirksniuakinantisakių raištisaklaiaklas
acu apmānīšanaaizkarsaklsbez izejasneperspektīvs
orb
roletaslepeckýslepý
slepslepcižaluzijaoslepitiroleta
blindblindasynskadad
คนตาบอดตาบอด
mùngười mù
blind
[blaɪnd]
A. ADJ
6. (= without openings) [building, wall] → ciego; [window] → condenado
Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
blind
[ˈblaɪnd]
adj
[faith, panic, trust] → aveugle
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
blind
adj (+er)
(Brit inf) it’s not a blind bit of use trying to persuade him → es hat überhaupt keinen Zweck, ihn überreden zu wollen; he hasn’t done a blind bit of work → er hat keinen Strich or Schlag getan (inf); but he didn’t take a blind bit of notice → aber er hat sich nicht die Spur darum gekümmert (inf)
(= false) door, window → blind
n
(fig sl, = booze-up) → Sauferei f (inf)
adv
(Cook) to bake something blind → etw vorbacken
blind
:
blind
:
blind staggers
n sing → Taumelsucht f
blind test
n → Blindversuch m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
blind
(blaind) adjective
1. not able to see. a blind man.
2. (with to) unable to notice. She is blind to his faults.
3. hiding what is beyond. a blind corner.
4. of or for blind people. a blind school.
noun
1. (often in plural) a screen to prevent light coming through a window etc. The sunlight is too bright – pull down the blinds!
2. something intended to mislead or deceive. He did that as a blind.
verb
to make blind. He was blinded in the war.
ˈblinding adjective
1. tending to make blind. a blinding light.
2. sudden. He realized, in a blinding flash, that she was the murderer.
ˈblindly adverbˈblindness nounblind alley
a situation without any way out. This is a blind alley of a job.
ˈblindfold noun
a piece of cloth etc put over the eyes to prevent someone from seeing. The kidnappers put a blindfold over the child’s eyes.
verb
to put a blindfold on (some person or animal).
adjective, adverb
with the eyes covered by a cloth etc. She came blindfold into the room.
blind spot
1. any matter about which one always shows lack of understanding. She seems to have a blind spot about physics.
2. an area which is impossible or difficult to see due to an obstruction.
the blind leading the blind
one inexperienced or incompetent person telling another about something. My teaching you about politics will be a case of the blind leading the blind.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
blind
→ أَعْمَى, العُمْيَان nevidomý, slepý blind, blinde blind, Blinder τυφλός ciego sokea aveugle, aveugles slijep, slijepci ciechi, cieco 目の見えない 눈 먼, 맹인들 blind, blinden blind, blinde niewidomy, ślepy cego, invisual слепой blind, blinda คนตาบอด, ตาบอด kör, körler mù, người mù 盲目的
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
blind
a. ciego-a, sin vista, ofuscado-a;
vt. cegar, deslumbrar;
___ in one eye → tuerto-a;
___ spot → punto ___.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- I’m blind
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
blind
adj ciego; — person ciego -ga mf
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WordReference Random House Learner’s Dictionary of American English © 2023 blind /blaɪnd/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object]
n. [countable]
adv.
blind•ly, adv.: walked blindly right into the trap. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023 blind
v.t.
n.
adv.
blind′ing•ly, adv.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: blind /blaɪnd/ adj
adv
vb (mainly tr)
n
Etymology: Old English blind; related to Old Norse blindr, Old High German blint; Lettish blendu to see dimly; see blunder ˈblindly adv ˈblindness n USAGE |
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v
To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
adj
(of a person or animal) Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
adj
(of an eye) Unable to be used to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
adj
Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.
Authors are blind to their own defects.
The lovers were blind to each other’s faults.
adj
Of a place, having little or no visibility.
a blind corner
a blind ditch
a blind path
adj
Closed at one end; having a dead end
adj
Having no openings for light or passage.
a blind alley
a blind wall
adj
(in certain phrases) Smallest or slightest.
I shouted, but he didn’t take a blind bit of notice.
We pulled and pulled, but it didn’t make a blind bit of difference.
adj
Without any prior knowledge.
He took a blind guess at which fork in the road would take him to the airport.
adj
Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
blind deference
blind justice
blind punishment
adj
Unintelligible or illegible.
a blind passage in a book; blind writing
adj
Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.