1. (

• blind

) people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group; "he spent hours reading to the blind" ;

2. (

• blind ,

) a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind" ;

3. (

• blind ,
• screen ,

) a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" ;

4. (

• subterfuge ,
• blind

) something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick;

1. (

• blind ,

) render unable to see ;

2. (

• blind

) make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were punished and blinded" ;

3. (

• blind ,
• dim ,

) make dim by comparison or conceal ;

1. (

• blind ,
• unsighted ,

) 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";

2. (

• blind

) unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions" ;

3. (

• blind ,
• unreasoning

) not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic" ;