BLINDFOLD


Meaning of BLINDFOLD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ blaɪndfoʊld ]

( blindfolds, blindfolding, blindfolded)

1.

A blindfold is a strip of cloth that is tied over someone’s eyes so that they cannot see.

N-COUNT

2.

If you blindfold someone, you tie a blindfold over their eyes.

His abductors blindfolded him and drove him to a flat in southern Beirut...

The report says prisoners were often kept blindfolded.

VERB : V n , V-ed

3.

If someone does something blindfold , they do it while wearing a blindfold.

The Australian chess grandmaster Ian Rogers took on six opponents blindfold and beat five.

ADJ : ADJ after v

4.

If you say that you can do something blindfold , you are emphasizing that you can do it easily, for example because you have done it many times before.

He read the letter again although already he could have recited its contents blindfold.

PHRASE [ emphasis ]

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.