blind

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   unable or unwilling to perceive or understand

   I was blind to my lover's faults.

2. 2
   adj

   not based on reason or evidence

   They acted out of blind hatred, without any reasonable motivation.

3. 3
   adj

   unable to see

   I was born blind, but since then I've been able to adjust and live an extremely happy life.

4. 4
   noun

   a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight

   They had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet.

5. 5
   noun

   a hiding place sometimes used by hunters, especially duck hunters

   They waited impatiently in the blind from sunrise to lunch.

6. 6
   noun

   people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group

   I spent hours reading to the blind.

7. 7
   verb

   to make dim by comparison or conceal

   Darkness blinds the sky.

8. 8
   verb

   to make blind by putting the eyes out

   The criminals were punished and blinded.

Etymology

From Middle English blynd, from Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.