Noun
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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"
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a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
"they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"
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a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
"he waited impatiently in the blind"
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people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
"he spent hours reading to the blind"
Verb
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make dim by comparison or conceal
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make blind by putting the eyes out
"The criminals were punished and blinded"
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render unable to see
Adjective
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not based on reason or evidence
"blind hatred"
"blind faith"
"unreasoning panic"
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unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
"blind to a lover's faults"
"blind to the consequences of their actions"
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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