ENGLISH: blind - CREOLE: avèg



Overview of noun blind



The noun blind has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (5) blind -- (people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group; "he spent hours reading to the blind")

2. (1) blind -- (a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind")

3. (1) blind, screen -- (something that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet")

4. subterfuge, 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")



Overview of verb blind



The verb blind has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (3) blind -- (render unable to see)

2. (2) blind -- (make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were punished and blinded")

3. blind, dim -- (make dim by comparison or conceal)



Overview of adj blind



The adj blind has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (11) blind, unsighted -- (unable to see; "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan)

2. (4) blind -- (unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions")

3. (3) blind, unreasoning -- (not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic")

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