Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: blind
IPA transcription: [bl'aɪnd]
Pronunciations of blind
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: blind, unsighted
    Meaning: 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
  • Synonyms: blind
    Meaning: unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions"
  • Synonyms: blind, unreasoning
    Meaning: not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: blind
    Meaning: people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group; "he spent hours reading to the blind"
  • Synonyms: blind
    Meaning: a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind"
  • Synonyms: blind, screen
    Meaning: a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: blind
    Meaning: render unable to see
  • Synonyms: blind
    Meaning: make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were punished and blinded"
Usage examples
  • SHADOWS ON THE BLIND
  • So I am going blind.
  • 'You love me, and blind?'
  • Blind leaders of the blind
  • "Yes; but that might be a blind."
  • Oh! how could she have been so blind?
  • But I'm not, say what you like, blind.
  • One ear was almost gone and it was blind.
  • "It must be a feint or a blind," he said.
  • "Oh, blind self-love!" thought D'Artagnan.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Braille, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Blind Willie Johnson, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Howard Hughes, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Common chiffchaff, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Roy Orbison, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Audio description, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Livestock Conservancy, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Ayn Rand, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Avril Lavigne, License CC BY-SA 4.0