blind

1. blind (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Unable to see, or only partially able to see.

Example: Even a blind hen sometimes finds a grain of corn.

2. blind (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.

Example: The lovers were blind to each other’s faults.

3. blind (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Having little or no visibility.

Example: a blind path

4. blind (noun) — sense 4

Definition: A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.

Example: It is a piece of wood furnished with two parallel rows of plates, folding over each other, so as to resemble, in some degree, the laths of a blind.

5. blind (noun) — sense 5

Definition: A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.

6. blind (noun) — sense 6

Definition: A place where people can hide in order to observe wildlife.

Example: a duck blind

7. blind (verb) — sense 7

Definition: To make temporarily or permanently blind.

Example: The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded.

8. blind (verb) — sense 8

Definition: To curse, swear, use foul language

Example: If you’re cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind,
Don’t grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind;
Be handy and civil, and then you will find
That it’s beer for the young British soldier.

9. blind (verb) — sense 9

Definition: To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.

Example: He ſought, but in the dark tempeſtuous Night
He knew not whither to direct his Sight.
So whirl the Seas, ſuch Darkneſs blinds the Sky,
That the black Night receives a deeper Dye.

10. blind (adv) — sense 10

Definition: Without seeing; unseeingly.

Example: It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind - as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness.

11. blind (adv) — sense 11

Definition: Absolutely, totally.

Example: to swear blind

12. blind (adv) — sense 12

Definition: Without looking at the cards dealt.