TURNING A BLIND EYE

Meaning of TURNING A BLIND EYE in English

intentionally not paying attention, closing one's eyes to a situation, ignoring

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EYE — I Organ that receives light and visual images. Non-image forming, or direction, eyes are found among worms, mollusks, cnidarians, echinoderms, …
Английский словарь Британика
EYE — I. ˈī noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English eie, eye, eighe, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLIND — I. ˈblīnd adjective ( usually -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German blint blind, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TURNING — noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of turnen to turn — more at turn 1. : the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TURNING — (n.) The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned.
Английский словарь Webster
TURNING — ( n. ) The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TURNING — /terr"ning/ , n. 1. the act of a person or thing that turns. 2. an act of reversing position. 3. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EYE — — eyeable , adj. — eyelike , adj. — eyer , n. /uy/ , n. , pl. eyes , ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLIND — — blindingly , adv. — blindness , n. /bluynd/ , adj., blinder, blindest , v., n., adv. adj. 1. unable …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EYE — I. ˈī noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High German ouga eye, Latin oculus, Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLIND — I. ˈblīnd adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German blint blind, Old English blandan to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TURNING — noun Date: 14th century 1. : the act or course of one that turns 2. : a place of a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TURNING — noun deviation from the way or proper course. 2. turning ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of turn. 3. turning ·noun a maneuver …
Webster English vocab
EYE — noun tinge; shade of color. 2. eye ·noun a brood; as, an eye of pheasants. 3. eye ·noun the hole …
Webster English vocab
BLIND — noun a halting place. 2. blind ·adj undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate. 3. blind ·noun ·alt. of blinde. 4. blind ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
TURNING — [turn.ing] n (14c) 1: the act or course of one that turns 2: a place of a change in direction …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EYE — [eye] n [ME, fr. OE eage; akin to OHG ouga eye, L oculus, Gk ops eye, face, Skt aksi eye] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLIND — [blind] adj [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG blint blind, OE blandan to mix--more at blend] (bef. 12c) 1 a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EYE — specialized sensory organ capable of light reception and, in vertebrate animals, able to receive visual images that are then carried …
Britannica English vocabulary
TURNING — turning BrE AmE ˈtɜːn ɪŋ AmE \ tɝːn ɪŋ ▷ turning|s z ▶ ˈ turning point BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BLIND — blind BrE AmE blaɪnd ▷ blinded ˈblaɪnd ɪd -əd ▷ blinder ˈblaɪnd ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ blindest …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TURNING — / ˈtɜːnɪŋ; NAmE ˈtɜːrnɪŋ/ ( BrE ) (also turn NAmE , BrE ) noun a place where a road leads …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EYE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLIND — / blaɪnd; NAmE / adjective , verb , noun , adverb ■ adjective ( blind·er , blind·est ) 1. not …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TURNING — turn ‧ ing /ˈtɜːnɪŋ $ ˈtɜːr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ turn , ↑ upturn …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EYE — I. eye 1 S1 W1 /aɪ/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eage ] 1 . FOR …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLIND — I. blind 1 S2 W3 /blaɪnd/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ] 1 . UNABLE TO SEE a) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TURNING — n. 1 a a road that branches off another. b a place where this occurs. 2 a use of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BLIND — adj., v., n., & adv. --adj. 1 lacking the power of sight. 2 a without foresight, discernment, intellectual perception, or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TURNING — n. 1 a a road that branches off another. b a place where this occurs. 2 a use of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EYE — n. & v. n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BLIND — adj., v., n., & adv. adj. 1 lacking the power of sight. 2 a without foresight, discernment, intellectual perception, or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TURNING — n.1 a a road that branches off another. b a place where this occurs. 2 a use of the lathe. …
Oxford English vocab
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1. a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Oxford English vocab
BLIND — adj., v., n., & adv. --adj. 1. lacking the power of sight. 2 a without foresight, discernment, intellectual perception, or …
Oxford English vocab
TURNING — ( turnings) If you take a particular turning , you go along a road which leads away from the side …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EYE — ( eyes, eyeing, or eying, eyed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLIND — ( blinds, blinding, blinded) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Someone who …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TURNING — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a turning point (= the time when an important change starts, especially an improvement ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EYE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLIND — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a blind bend (= that you cannot see around when you are driving ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TURNING — [noun] [C]A turning is a place, esp. a road, track or path, where you can leave the road you are …
Cambridge English vocab
EYE — [noun] [C] - one of the pair of organs of seeing in the faces of humans and animalsThey hoped the …
Cambridge English vocab
BLIND — [plural] [noun]The blind are people who are unable to see.She trains guide dogs for the blind .(A case of) the …
Cambridge English vocab
BLIND — Synonyms and related words : ableptical, abstruse, alibi, amaurotic, ambuscade, ambush, ambushment, amorphous, apology, art, artful dodge, artifice, automatic, awning, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EYE — See: APPLE OF ONE'S EYE, BAT AN EYE or BAT AN EYELASH, BELIEVE ONE'S EYES, CATCH ONE'S EYE, CLEAR-EYED, CLOSE …
Slang English vocab
TURNING — I. noun ( BrE ) ⇨ See also ↑ turn ADJECTIVE ▪ next ▪ wrong VERB + TURNING ▪ take …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BLIND — I. noun ⇨ See also ↑ shade ADJECTIVE ▪ window ▪ roller , venetian VERB + BLIND ▪ open , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BLIND — n. 25B6; adjective he has been blind since birth : SIGHTLESS, unsighted, visually impaired, visionless, unseeing; partially sighted, purblind; informal …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLIND — adj. 1 sightless, eyeless, unsighted, purblind, stone-blind He has been blind from birth 2 imperceptive, slow, insensitive, thick, dense, obtuse, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
EYE — See: APPLE OF ONE'S EYE, BAT AN EYE or BAT AN EYELASH, BELIEVE ONE'S EYES, CATCH ONE'S EYE, CLEAR-EYED, CLOSE …
Словарь английских идиом
BLIND — adjective 1 BAD : Some people become blind with the disease. GOOD : Some people go blind with the disease. …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
TURNING — 1. сущ. 1) вращение, поворот 2) излучина реки; поворот дороги 3) токарное ремесло 4) превращение 5) обточка 6) с.-х. вспашка …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EYE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BLIND — I 1. прил. 1) о неспособности видеть а) слепой; ослепленный (перманентно или временно, значения прямое и переносное) He was blinded …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TURNING — 1. ʹtɜ:nıŋ n 1. 1> поворот ( дороги, улицы ) take the first turning to /on/ the right the left …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EYE
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BLIND — blind.ogg 1. blaınd n 1. штора, маркиза; жалюзи ( тж. Venetian blind); ставень lower /pull down/ the blinds - опустите …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TURNING — 1) точение; обточка; токарная обработка 2) вращение 3) накручивание ( способ набора стекломассы ) 4) кантование 5) завальцовка кромок 6) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
EYE — 1) глаз(ок) 2) ушко; проушина; серьга; петля, рым, коуш 3) визир, визирное устройство; видоискатель 4) трик. чаша ( крючковой иглы …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
BLIND — 1) ставень; жалюзи; экран; штора; створка 2) диафрагма || диафрагмировать 3) бленда; шторка 4) заглушка ( в трубопроводе ) 5) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
TURNING — 1) точение; обточка; токарная обработка 2) вращение 3) накручивание (способ набора стекломассы) 4) кантование 5) завальцовка кромок 6) мн. ч. токарная стружка 7) пищ. свёртывание, скисание 8) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
EYE — 1) глаз(ок) 2) ушко; проушина; серьга; петля, рым, коуш 3) визир, визирное устройство; видоискатель 4) трик. чаша (крючковой иглы) 5) трик. нитенаправитель, "глазок" • - access …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО

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