Idioms for blind

    fly blind. fly1(def 34).

Origin of blind

before 1000; (adj.) Middle English blind, Old English; cognate with Gothic blinds, Old Norse blindr, German, Dutch blind (< Germanic *blindaz, perhaps akin to blend; original sense uncertain); (v.) Middle English blinden, derivative of the adj.

SYNONYMS FOR blind

8 concealed.
28 hiding place, ambush.

ANTONYMS FOR blind

synonym study for blind

1. Blind, stone-blind, purblind mean unable to see. Blind means unable to see with the physical eyes. Stone-blind emphasizes complete blindness. Purblind refers to weakened vision, literally or figuratively. 25. See curtain.

regional variation note for blind

27. See window shade.

OTHER WORDS FROM blind

Example sentences from the Web for half-blind

British Dictionary definitions for half-blind (1 of 2)

half-blind

adjective

having a limited capacity to see

British Dictionary definitions for half-blind (2 of 2)

Derived forms of blind

blindly, adverb blindness, noun

Word Origin for blind

Old English blind; related to Old Norse blindr, Old High German blint; Lettish blendu to see dimly; see blunder

usage for blind

It is preferable to avoid using phrases such as the blind . Instead you should talk about blind and partially sighted people

Medical definitions for half-blind

blind
[ blīnd ]

adj.

Unable to see; without useful sight.
Having a maximal visual acuity of the better eye, after correction by refractive lenses, of one-tenth normal vision or less (20/200 or less on the Snellen test).
Of, relating to, or for sightless persons.
Closed at one end, as a tube or sac.

Other words from blind

blindness n.

Idioms and Phrases with half-blind

blind