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blinding
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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