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say it: blahynd
blind is a noun, verb and adjective meaning "people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group". It carries 10 recorded senses.
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
“he spent hours reading to the blind”
a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
“he waited impatiently in the blind”
a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
“they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet”
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”
render unable to see
unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
“blind to a lover's faults”
“blind to the consequences of their actions”
not based on reason or evidence
“blind hatred”
“blind faith”
“unreasoning panic”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for blind come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.