· people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group; "he spent hours reading to the blind"

Hypernym(s): people

· a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind"

Hypernym(s): screen, cover, covert, concealment

· a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"

Synonym(s): screen

Hypernym(s): protective_covering, protective_cover, protection

· 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"

Synonym(s): subterfuge

Hypernym(s): misrepresentation, deceit, deception

· render unable to see

· make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were punished and blinded"

Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify

· make dim by comparison or conceal

Synonym(s): dim

Hypernym(s): darken

· 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

Synonym(s): unsighted

Antonym(s): sighted

· unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions"

· not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"

Synonym(s): unreasoning