blind
Adjective
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Unable to see (synset 302166241)
similar:
- blinded - deprived of sight
- blindfold, blindfolded - wearing a blindfold
- color-blind, colour-blind - unable to distinguish one or more chromatic colors
- dazzled - having vision overcome temporarily by or as if by intense light
- deuteranopic, green-blind - inability to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red
- dim-sighted, near-blind, purblind, sand-blind, visually challenged, visually impaired - having greatly reduced vision
- eyeless, sightless, unseeing - lacking sight
- protanopic, red-blind - inability to see the color red or to distinguish red and bluish-green
- snow-blind, snow-blinded - temporarily blinded by exposure to light reflected from snow or ice
- stone-blind - completely blind
- blue-blind, tritanopic - inability to see the color blue or to distinguish the colors blue and yellow
synonym: unsighted
Noun
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People who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group (synset 107960684)
hypernym: people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectivelymember holonym: blind person - a person with a severe visual impairment
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A hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters) (synset 102854643)
hypernym: concealment, cover, covert, screen - a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
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A protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight (synset 102854358)
hypernym: protection, protective cover, protective covering - a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injuryhyponym:
- curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall - hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- shutter - a hinged blind for a window
- window blind - a blind for privacy or to keep out light
- blinder, blinker, winker - blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side
synonym: screen -
Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity (synset 106773219)
synonym: subterfuge
Adjective
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Unable or unwilling to perceive or understand (synset 301750714)
similar: unperceiving, unperceptive - lacking perception
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Not based on reason or evidence (synset 301933053)
similar: irrational - not consistent with or using reasonsynonym: unreasoning
Verb
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Render unable to see (synset 202172999)
hyponym:
- bedazzle, daze, dazzle - to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
- seel - sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons
- snow-blind - affect with snow blindness
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Make blind by putting the eyes out (synset 202172638)
hyponym: abacinate - blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes
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Make dim by comparison or conceal (synset 200313060)
hypernym: darken - make dark or darkersynonym: dim
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