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Related: Blinded; blinding.
“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.
“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.
- Unable to see; without useful sight.
- 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).
- Of, relating to, or for sightless persons.
- 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