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blinding

Verb

∙ present participle of blind

Adjective

∙ Very bright (as if to cause blindness).
∙ Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding.
∙ Brilliant; marvellous. Britain, slang

Adverb

∙ To an extreme degree; blindingly. neologism

Noun

∙ The act of causing blindness.
∙ A thin coat of sand or gravel used to fill holes in a new road surface.
∙ A thin sprinkling of sand or chippings laid on a newly tarred surface.

blind

Adjective

∙ Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors. not comparable, of a person or animal
∙ Unable to be used to see, due to physiological or neurological factors. not comparable, of an eye
∙ Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive. comparable
∙ Of a place, having little or no visibility. not comparable
∙ Closed at one end; having a dead end not comparable
∙ Having no openings for light or passage. not comparable
∙ smallest or slightest in phrases such as
∙ without any prior knowledge. not comparable
∙ unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc. not comparable
∙ Unintelligible or illegible.
∙ Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit. horticulture

Noun

∙ A covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
∙ A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
∙ Any device intended to conceal or hide.
∙ Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.
∙ A blindage. military
∙ A halting place.
∙ No score. baseball, slang, 1800s
∙ A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind. poker
∙ A player who is forced to pay such a bet. poker
∙ Those who are blind, taken as a group. uncountable

Verb

∙ To make temporarily or permanently blind. transitive
∙ To curse. slang, obsolete
∙ To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
∙ To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.

Adverb

∙ Without seeing; unseeingly.
∙ Without looking at the cards dealt. poker, three card brag

BABYLON ENGLISH
blinding n.
layer of sand or fine gravel
shining profoundly, causing inability to see
blind v.
make unable to see, cause a person to be unable to see; dazzle; withhold light from; deprive of insight

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
blinding
blinding
\blind"ing\, n. a thin coating of sand and fine gravel over a newly paved road. see blind, v. t., 4.
blinding
\blind"ing\, a. making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding; obscuring; as, blinding tears; blinding snow.
blinding
adj : shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun" [syn: blazing, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary]

WORDNET 2.0
blinding
Adjective
1. shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun"
(synonym) blazing, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary
(similar) bright
blind
Noun
1. people who have severe visual impairments; "he spent hours reading to the blind"
(hypernym) people
(member-meronym) blind person, blind man
2. a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind"
(hypernym) screen, cover, covert, concealment
3. something that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"
(synonym) screen
(hypernym) protective covering, protective cover, protection
(hyponym) curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall
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"
(synonym) subterfuge
(hypernym) misrepresentation, deceit, deception
Verb
1. render unable to see
(hyponym) dazzle, bedazzle, daze
(derivation) winker, blinker, blinder
2. make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were punished and blinded"
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
3. make dim by comparison or conceal
(synonym) dim
(hypernym) darken
Adjective
1. unable to see
(synonym) unsighted
(antonym) sighted
(similar) blinded
2. unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions"
(similar) unperceptive, unperceiving
3. not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"
(synonym) unreasoning
(similar) irrational

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Blinding
Blinding can refer to:The act of making someone blindBlinding (punishment)Metaphorical and extended uses of same: see blindness#Metaphorical usesThe grammatically incorrect use of installing blindsBlinding (cryptography), a technique by which an agent can provide a service to (i.e., compute a function for) a client in an encoded form without knowing either the real input or the real outputBlinding (novel), a novel in three volumes by Mircea Cartarescu"Blinding", a song from Florence and the Machine's debut album, LungsA blind experiment, in which the researcher is not aware of which data points were generated by an intervention
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

blinding

Verb

∙ present participle of blind

Adjective

∙ Very bright (as if to cause blindness).
∙ Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding.
∙ Brilliant; marvellous. Britain, slang

Adverb

∙ To an extreme degree; blindingly. neologism

Noun

∙ The act of causing blindness.
∙ A thin coat of sand or gravel used to fill holes in a new road surface.
∙ A thin sprinkling of sand or chippings laid on a newly tarred surface.

blind

Adjective

∙ Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors. not comparable, of a person or animal
∙ Unable to be used to see, due to physiological or neurological factors. not comparable, of an eye
∙ Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive. comparable
∙ Of a place, having little or no visibility. not comparable
∙ Closed at one end; having a dead end not comparable
∙ Having no openings for light or passage. not comparable
∙ smallest or slightest in phrases such as
∙ without any prior knowledge. not comparable
∙ unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc. not comparable
∙ Unintelligible or illegible.
∙ Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit. horticulture

Noun

∙ A covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
∙ A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
∙ Any device intended to conceal or hide.
∙ Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.
∙ A blindage. military
∙ A halting place.
∙ No score. baseball, slang, 1800s
∙ A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind. poker
∙ A player who is forced to pay such a bet. poker
∙ Those who are blind, taken as a group. uncountable

Verb

∙ To make temporarily or permanently blind. transitive
∙ To curse. slang, obsolete
∙ To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
∙ To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.

Adverb

∙ Without seeing; unseeingly.
∙ Without looking at the cards dealt. poker, three card brag

BABYLON ENGLISH
blinding n.
layer of sand or fine gravel
shining profoundly, causing inability to see
blind v.
make unable to see, cause a person to be unable to see; dazzle; withhold light from; deprive of insight

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
blinding
blinding
\blind"ing\, n. a thin coating of sand and fine gravel over a newly paved road. see blind, v. t., 4.
blinding
\blind"ing\, a. making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding; obscuring; as, blinding tears; blinding snow.
blinding
adj : shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun" [syn: blazing, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary]

WORDNET 2.0
blinding
Adjective
1. shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun"
(synonym) blazing, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary
(similar) bright
blind
Noun
1. people who have severe visual impairments; "he spent hours reading to the blind"
(hypernym) people
(member-meronym) blind person, blind man
2. a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind"
(hypernym) screen, cover, covert, concealment
3. something that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"
(synonym) screen
(hypernym) protective covering, protective cover, protection
(hyponym) curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall
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"
(synonym) subterfuge
(hypernym) misrepresentation, deceit, deception
Verb
1. render unable to see
(hyponym) dazzle, bedazzle, daze
(derivation) winker, blinker, blinder
2. make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were punished and blinded"
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
3. make dim by comparison or conceal
(synonym) dim
(hypernym) darken
Adjective
1. unable to see
(synonym) unsighted
(antonym) sighted
(similar) blinded
2. unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions"
(similar) unperceptive, unperceiving
3. not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"
(synonym) unreasoning
(similar) irrational

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Blinding
Blinding can refer to:The act of making someone blindBlinding (punishment)Metaphorical and extended uses of same: see blindness#Metaphorical usesThe grammatically incorrect use of installing blindsBlinding (cryptography), a technique by which an agent can provide a service to (i.e., compute a function for) a client in an encoded form without knowing either the real input or the real outputBlinding (novel), a novel in three volumes by Mircea Cartarescu"Blinding", a song from Florence and the Machine's debut album, LungsA blind experiment, in which the researcher is not aware of which data points were generated by an intervention
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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