blind
/ˈblaɪ̯nd/ verb C2- To make temporarily or permanently blind. · The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded.· Don’t wave that pencil in my face—do you want to blind me?
- To curse, swear, use foul language
- To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
- 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.
He/she/it blinds · Past blinded · Past participle blinded · -ing form blinding
Verb forms
- Base form
- blind
- He/she/it
- blinds
- Past
- blinded
- Past participle
- blinded
- -ing form
- blinding
From the library
“And once again, if the thought of leaving a bicycle concealed outside had occurred to you, would it really have seemed worth doing when the dullest detective would naturally say this is an obvious blind, as the bicycle is the first thing which the fugitive needed in order to make his escape.”
Through the blinds and the windows and bars;
When they were on, Dorothy could not take them off had she wished, but of course she did not wish to be blinded by the glare of the Emerald City, so she said nothing.
“Because if you did not wear spectacles the brightness and glory of the Emerald City would blind you.
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