blind
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Is blind a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (not comparable) Unable to see, or only partially able to see.Examples: "Even a blind hen sometimes finds a grain of corn."; "Braille is a writing system for the blind."; "his blind eye"Synonyms: sightlessAntonyms: seeing, sightednot-comparable
2. (comparable) Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.Examples: "The lovers were blind to each other’s faults."; "Authors are blind to their own defects."; "God knows that I tried / Seeing the bright side / (I’m wide awake) / But I’m not blind anymore"comparable
3. (not comparable, of a place) Having little or no visibility.Examples: "a blind path"; "a blind ditch"; "a blind corner"not-comparable
4. (not comparable) Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.Examples: "a blind alley"; "a blind fistula"; "a blind gut"not-comparable
5. (not comparable) Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.Examples: "a blind wall"; "a blind alley"not-comparable
6. (in certain phrases, chiefly in the negative) Smallest or slightest.Examples: "I shouted, but he didn’t take a blind bit of notice."; "We pulled and pulled, but it didn't make a blind bit of difference."in-certain-phrases
noun (English)
1. (military) A blindage.
2. (rugby, colloquial) The blindside.colloquial
3. (baseball, slang, 1800s) No score.slang
4. (poker) A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.Examples: "The blinds are $10 and $20, and the ante is $1."
5. (poker) A player who is forced to pay such a bet.Examples: "The blinds immediately folded when I reraised."
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To make temporarily or permanently blind.Examples: "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?"; "A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is […] a much greater."transitive
2. (slang, obsolete) To curse.Examples: "If you’re cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind, Don’t grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind; Be handy and civil, and then you will find That it’s beer for the young British soldier."obsoleteslang
adv (English)
1. (colloquial) Absolutely, totally.Examples: "to swear blind"; "It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind - as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness."colloquial
2. (poker, three card brag) Without looking at the cards dealt.
3. (cooking, especially in combination with ‘bake’) As a pastry case only, without any filling.Examples: "Blind bake your pie case for fifteen minutes, then add the filling. This will help avoid a “soggy bottom”."; "If the shell is going to be baked without a filling, “baking the crust blind,” prick the bottom and sides of the crust to allow the steam to escape. Another variation: line the bottom of the crust with parchment paper […]"; "PIE WEIGHTS: When you are baking a crust blind, which means when you are partially or fully baking it without filling (see blind-baking, page 474), you need something to keep the crust from puffing up: weights."especiallyin-compounds
Definition source: Wiktionary