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[ blahynd-fohld ] / ˈblaɪndˌfoʊld / SEE SYNONYMS FOR blindfold ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)to prevent or occlude sight by covering (the eyes) with a cloth, bandage, or the like; cover the eyes of. to impair the awareness or clear thinking of: Don't let their hospitality blindfold you to the true purpose of their invitation. nouna cloth or bandage put before the eyes to prevent seeing. adjectivewith the eyes covered: a blindfold test. rash; unthinking: a blindfold denunciation before knowing the facts. Origin of blindfold1520–30; alteration, by association with fold1, of blindfell to cover the eyes, strike blind, Middle English blindfellen;see blind, fell2 OTHER WORDS FROM blindfoldun·blind·fold·ed, adjectiveWords nearby blindfoldblinder, blinders, blindfish, blind fistula, blind flange, blindfold, blindfolded, Blind Freddie, blind gut, Blindheim, blind hole Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for blindfoldMarie Fontenot was wearing a blindfold on the gruesome videotape that Rust found in Billy Lee Tuttle's safe. ‘True Detective’ Finale Review: Close to Perfection|Andrew Romano|March 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Dora Lange was wearing a blindfold when she was discovered in a prayer position at the base of that tree. ‘True Detective’ Finale Review: Close to Perfection|Andrew Romano|March 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST “It was this idea of prayer, and one of the necessities of the prayer pose being the blindfold,” he explained. ‘True Detective’s’ Godless Universe: Is the HBO Show Anti-Christian?|Andrew Romano|March 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST In the morning his brother, who had been sleeping in an adjoining room, found him and removed the blindfold and cuffs. ‘We Killed Sushmita Banerjee’ Says Renegade Taliban Militia|Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau|September 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
My blindfold was not well secured, so I could see over the top. A Syrian Soldier on Being Arrested for Refusing to Shoot Civilians|Andrew Slater|September 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST But still Mopsa walked on blindfold, and the wand pointed at the rock till it touched it, and she said, “Who is stopping me?” Mopsa the Fairy|Jean Ingelow The next moment Kyral ripped the blindfold from my eyes and I blinked in the blaze of light. The Door Through Space|Marion Zimmer Bradley And the young lady knowing the path, so that she'd be walking it blindfold in the dark! The Wild Geese|Stanley John Weyman The next-door girls put some saucers on the table and then led the children up to the table, blindfold. The evening after his blindfold feat, Morphy very inconsiderately took a nap in his sitting-room, with the window open. The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion|Frederick Milnes Edge
British Dictionary definitions for blindfold
verb (tr)to prevent (a person or animal) from seeing by covering (the eyes) to prevent from perceiving or understanding nouna piece of cloth, bandage, etc, used to cover the eyes any interference to sight adjective, adverbhaving the eyes covered with a cloth or bandage chess not seeing the board and pieces Word Origin for blindfoldchanged (C16) through association with fold 1 from Old English blindfellian to strike blind; see blind, fell ² Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to blindfoldcurtain, mask, blinder, cover, cloak, camouflage, front, trap, facade, veil, blinker, bluff, hood, shade, flab |