blind /blaɪnd/
1. people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group; "he spent hours reading to the blind"
synset: blind
2. a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind"
synset: blind
3. a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"
4. 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"
synset: subterfuge, blind
synset: blind
2. make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were punished and blinded"
synset: blind
3. make dim by comparison or conceal
1. 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
2. unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions"
synset: blind
3. not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"
synset: blind, unreasoning
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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