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people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group; "he spent hours reading to the blind" a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind" render unable to see 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 make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were punished and blinded" unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions" something that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" subterfuge: 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" make dim by comparison or conceal not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"
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| blind spot |
a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment; "golf is one of his blind spots and he's proud of it" the point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light
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| blindness |
the state of being blind or lacking sight
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| blink |
briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink" wink: force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears" a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly flash: gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
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| blister |
get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike" subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community" cause blisters to from on; "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet" (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
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