blind

Universal Words adjective, verb, noun, adverb adjective (blinder, blindest) 1 not able to see: Doctors think he will go blind. * blind and partially sighted people * One of her parents is blind. 2 (the blind) noun [pl.] people who are blind: recorded books for the blind * guide dogs for the blind 3 ~ (to sth) not noticing or realizing sth: She is blind to her husband's faults. * I must have been blind not to realize the danger we were in. 4 [usuallybeforenoun] (of strong feelings) seeming to be unreasonable, and accepted without question; seeming to be out of control: blind faith / obedience * blind panic 5 [usuallybeforenoun] (of a situation or an event) that cannot be controlled by reason: blind chance * the blind force of nature 6 that a driver in a car cannot see, or cannot see around: a blind driveway * a blind bend / corner blindness noun [U]: total / temporary / partial blindness seealsoBLINDLY IDIOMS (as) blind as a bat (humorous) not able to see well: She's as blind as a bat without her glasses. the blind leading the blind a situation in which people with almost no experience or knowledge give advice to others who also have no experience or knowledge not a blind bit / the blindest bit of... (BrE, spoken) not any: He didn't take a blind bit of notice of me (= he ignored me). * It won't make the blindest bit of difference (= it will make no difference at all). turn a blind eye (to sth) to pretend not to notice sth bad that is happening, so you do not have to do anything about it: The authorities were either unaware of the problem or turned a blind eye to it. verb [VN] 1 to permanently destroy sb's ability to see: She was blinded in the explosion. * The attackers blinded him with acid. 2 to make it difficult for sb to see for a short time: When she went outside she was temporarily blinded by the sun. * His eyes were blinded by tears. 3 ~ sb (to sth) to make sb no longer able to think clearly or behave in a sensible way: His sense of loyalty blinded him to the truth. IDIOMS blind sb with science to confuse sb by using technical or complicated language that they do not understand moreatEFF noun 1 (AmE also shade, window shade) [C] a covering for a window, especially one made of a roll of fabric that is fixed at the top of the window and can be pulled up and down seealsoVENETIANBLIND 2 [sing.] something people say or do to hide the truth about sth in order to deceive other people adverb (in connection with flying) without being able to see; using instruments only IDIOMS blind drunk extremely drunk moreatROB, SWEAR ______________________________ WHICHWORD? blind / blindly There are two adverbs that come from the adjec-tive blind. Blindly means 'not being able to see what you are doing' or 'not thinking about some-thing'. The adverb blind is mainly used in the context of flying and means 'without being able to see', 'using instruments only'. ______________________________