blind : Idioms & Phrases

• one that suppurates imperfectly, or fails to come to a head.

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• See under Angora, Blind.

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• noun a street with only one way in or out
  impasse; dead-end street; cul de sac.
  
• noun (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement
  
  • all the clues led the police into blind alleys
  • so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley

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• an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac.

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• an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. Knight.

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• one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night.

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• noun a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving
  blind bend.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a species of catfish (Gronias nigrolabris), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania.

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• coal that burns without flame; anthracite coal. Simmonds.

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• noun a street corner that you cannot see around as you are driving
  

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• noun a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving
  blind bend.
  

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• noun a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them)
  
• noun a date with a stranger
  
  • she never goes on blind dates

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• an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See Blank door or window, under Blank, a.

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• adjective satellite very drunk
  pixilated; sozzled; soaked; tight; soused; sloshed; slopped; blotto; plastered; crocked; besotted; cockeyed; squiffy; wet; pie-eyed; fuddled; smashed; stiff; loaded; pissed.
  

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• noun aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States
  congo eel; amphiuma; congo snake.
  

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• noun using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc.
  blind flying.
  

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• noun similar to Gentiana andrewsii but with larger flowers
  closed gentian; Gentiana clausa.
  
• noun gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all
  Gentiana andrewsii; closed gentian; bottle gentian.
  

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• noun the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens
  cecum; caecum.
  
  • the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum

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• noun using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc.
  blind flying.
  

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• (Mining), a level or drainage gallery which has a vertical shaft at each end, and acts as an inverted siphon. Knight.

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• (Bot.), dead nettle. See Dead nettle, under Dead.

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• noun a person with a severe visual impairment
  

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• (Gunnery), a shell containing no charge, or one that does not explode.

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• noun the side on which your vision is limited or obstructed
  

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• the side which is most easily assailed; a weak or unguarded side; the side on which one is least able or disposed to see danger. Swift.

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• noun wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes
  worm snake.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a small, harmless, burrowing snake, of the family Typhlopidæ, with rudimentary eyes.

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• noun a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment
  
  • golf is one of his blind spots and he's proud of it
• noun the point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light
  optic disk; optic disc.
  

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• (Anat.), the point in the retina of the eye where the optic nerve enters, and which is insensible to light.

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• noun a disease of the central nervous system affecting especially horses and cattle; characterized by an unsteady swaying gait and frequent falling
  staggers.
  

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• noun stitching that is not easily seen or noticed
  

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• in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; called also blank tooling, and blind blocking.

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• noun a trust that enables a person to avoid possible conflict of interest by transferring assets to a fiduciary; the person establishing the trust gives up the right to information about the assets
  

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• a wall without an opening; a blank wall.

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• adjective satellite inability to see the color blue or to distinguish the colors blue and yellow
  tritanopic.
  

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• adjective satellite unable to distinguish one or more chromatic colors
  color-blind.
  
• adjective satellite unprejudiced about race
  color-blind; nonracist.
  

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Col"or-blind adjective

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1. Affected with color blindness. See Color blindness, under Color, n.

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• noun a person unable to distinguish differences in hue
  

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• adjective satellite unable to distinguish one or more chromatic colors
  color-blind.
  
• adjective satellite unprejudiced about race
  color-blind; nonracist.
  

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• noun a test procedure in which the identity of those receiving the intervention is concealed from both the administrators and the subjects until after the test is completed; designed to reduce or eliminate bias in the results
  

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• noun an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment
  double-blind procedure; double-blind experiment.
  
  • a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects

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• noun an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment
  double-blind procedure; double-blind experiment.
  
  • a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects

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• noun an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment
  double-blind procedure; double-blind experiment.
  
  • a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects

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• verb fly an airplane solely by relying on instruments
  

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• adjective satellite inability to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red
  deuteranopic.
  

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Hood"man-blind` noun

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1. An old term for blindman's buff. Shak.

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• adjective satellite having greatly reduced vision
  dim-sighted; visually impaired; purblind; visually challenged; near-blind.
  

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• adjective satellite inability to see the color red or to distinguish red and bluish-green
  protanopic.
  

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• noun a window shade that rolls up out of the way
  

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• adjective satellite having greatly reduced vision
  dim-sighted; visually impaired; purblind; visually challenged; near-blind.
  

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Sand"-blind" adjective

Etymology

For sam blind half blind; AS. sam- half (akin to semi-) + blind.

Definitions

1. Having defective sight; dim-sighted; purblind. Shak.

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• verb affect with snow blindness
  snow-blind.
  
  • the glare of the sun snow-blinded her
• adjective satellite temporarily blinded by exposure to light reflected from snow or ice
  snow-blind.
  

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Snow"-blind` adjective

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1. Affected with blindness by the brilliancy of snow. -- Snow"-blind`ness, n.

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• verb affect with snow blindness
  snow-blind.
  
  • the glare of the sun snow-blinded her
• adjective satellite temporarily blinded by exposure to light reflected from snow or ice
  snow-blind.
  

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Star"-blind` adjective

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1. Half blind.

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Stock"-blind` adjective

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1. Blind as a stock; wholly blind.

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• adjective satellite completely blind
  

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Stone"-blind` adjective

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1. As blind as a stone; completely blind.

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• . (a) To act in a rash, reckless, or headlong manner. Slang (b) (Card Playing) To bet without having examined the cards. = to bet in the blind

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• verb refuse to acknowledge
  
  • He turns a blind eye to the injustices in his office

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• noun a window blind made of horizontal strips that overlap when closed
  

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• a blind for windows, doors, etc., made of thin slats, either fixed at a certain angle in the shutter, or movable, and in the latter case so disposed as to overlap each other when close, and to show a series of open spaces for the admission of air and light when in other positions.

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• noun burrows among roots of shrubs and beneath rocks in desert and rocky hillside areas and beach sand of western United States
  Leptotyphlops humilis.
  

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• noun a blind for privacy or to keep out light
  

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• a blind or shade for a window.

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• adjective of or relating to or symptomatic of alexia
  alexic.
  

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