blindfold
/ˈblaɪ̯ndfɔʊ̯ld/ verb C2- To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see. · Children need to be blindfolded before they hit the piñata.
- To obscure understanding or comprehension.
He/she/it blindfolds · Past blindfolded · Past participle blindfolded · -ing form blindfolding
Verb forms
- Base form
- blindfold
- He/she/it
- blindfolds
- Past
- blindfolded
- Past participle
- blindfolded
- -ing form
- blindfolding
From the library
We must play the game to the end, and consent to be blindfolded.”
The general’s carriage was ready, but the president told him it was impossible for him to use it, since it was useless to blindfold the master if the coachman knew through what streets he went.
“‘“Sir,” said the president, “you have been invited to join this assembly—you were not forced here; it was proposed to you to come blindfolded—you accepted.
“I suspect no one; death raps at your door—it enters—it goes, not blindfolded, but circumspectly, from room to room.
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