Noun | 1. | ![]() |
2. | blind - a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind" | |
3. | blind - something that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" Synonyms: screen | |
4. | blind - 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" Synonyms: subterfuge | |
Verb | 1. | blind - render unable to see |
2. | blind - make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were punished and blinded" | |
3. | blind - make dim by comparison or conceal Synonyms: dim | |
Adj. | 1. | blind - unable to see Synonyms: unsighted Antonyms: sighted - able to see |
2. | blind - unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions" | |
3. | blind - not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic" Synonyms: unreasoning |
BLIND. One who is deprived of the faculty of seeing.
2. Persons who are blind may enter into contracts and make wills like
others. Carth. 53; Barn. 19, 23; 3 Leigh, R. 32. When an attesting witness
becomes blind, his handwriting may be proved as if he were dead. 1 Stark.
Ev. 341. But before proving his handwriting the witness must be produced, if
within the jurisdiction of the court, and examined. Ld. Raym. 734; 1 M. &
Rob. 258; 2 M. & Rob. 262.