BLIND

I. adjective see: blend Date: before 12th century 1. a. sightless , having less than 1/10 of normal vision in the more efficient eye when refractive defects are fully corrected by lenses, of or relating to sightless persons, 2. unable or unwilling to discern or judge , unquestioning , 3. having no regard to rational discrimination, guidance, or restriction , lacking a directing or controlling consciousness , drunk 1a, 4. made or done without sight of certain objects or knowledge of certain facts that could serve for guidance or cause bias , having no knowledge of information that may cause bias during the course of an experiment or test , defective : as, lacking a growing point or producing leaves instead of flowers, lacking a complete or legible address , 6. difficult to discern, make out, or discover, hidden from sight ; covered , having but one opening or outlet , having no opening for light or passage ; blank , ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. transitive verb Date: before 12th century 1. to make ~, dazzle , 2. to withhold light from, hide , conceal , ~ingly adverb III. noun Date: 1678 something to hinder sight or keep out light: as, a window shutter, a roller window shade, venetian ~ , ~er , a place of concealment, 3. something put forward for the purpose of misleading ; subterfuge , a person who acts as a decoy or distraction, IV. adverb Date: circa 1775 ~ly: as, to the point of insensibility , without seeing outside an airplane , without knowledge of certain facts that could serve for guidance or cause bias , 2. — used as an intensive