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Related: Blinded; blinding.

v.

“deprive of sight,” early 13c., from Old English blendan “to blind, deprive of sight; deceive,” from Proto-Germanic *blandjan (see blind (adj.)); form influenced in Middle English by the adjective. Related: Blinded; blinding.

n.

“a blind person; blind persons collectively,” late Old Engish, from blind (adj.). Meaning “place of concealment” is from 1640s. Meaning “anything that obstructs sight” is from 1702.

adj.

  1. Unable to see; without useful sight.
  2. 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).
  3. Of, relating to, or for sightless persons.
  4. Closed at one end, as a tube or sac.

In addition to the idioms beginning with blind

  • blind alley
  • blind as a bat
  • blind leading the blind
  • blind side
  • blind spot

also see:

  • fly blind
  • rob someone blind
  • turn a blind eye
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