Betekenis van blind In het Nederlands

• 0 unable to see:

  • She's been blind since birth.

  • He started to go (= become) blind in his sixties.

• 1 used to describe an extreme feeling that happens without thought or reason:

  • blind anger/faith/prejudice

  • He was blind with fury (= so angry that he could not behave reasonably).

• 2 to not be conscious of something or to refuse to notice something that is obvious to others:

  • She seems blind to his faults.

• 3 that a driver cannot see or cannot see around:

  • The accident happened on a blind bend.

• 4 used to refer to a scientific test in which either the people being tested or the person testing them, or both, do not know what is being tested:

  • In blind trials, users who were given both drugs orally were unable to distinguish between the effects of heroin and methadone.

• 5 to make someone unable to see, permanently or for a short time:

  • She was blinded in an accident at an early age.

  • As I turned the corner the sun blinded me, so I didn't see the other car.

• 6 to make someone unable to notice or understand something:

  • We shouldn't let our prejudices blind us to the facts of the situation.

• 7 a cover for a window made of a single piece or strips of cloth, paper, or plastic that is pulled up or down by a string:

  • a Venetian blind

• 8 people who are unable to see:

  • She trains dogs for the blind.

• 9 a place where people can watch wild animals or birds without being noticed by them

• 10 If something or someone is tested blind, either the people being tested or the person testing them, or both, do not know what is being tested.

• 11 to be flying an aircraft somewhere without being able to see where you are going:

  • He admitted dazzling a police helicopter pilot with a laser beam, leaving the pilot flying blind.

  • They are flying blind on this issue because they have no idea of the extent of the problem.

• 12 not able to see:

  • He began to go blind a year ago.

  • fig. She is completely blind to his faults.

• 13 not able to be influenced by thought or reason:

  • He declared that the verdict was the result of blind prejudice.

• 14 a cover for a window, esp. a venetian blind

• 15 to make someone unable to see:

  • The sun blinded me for a moment.

  • fig. We cannot let feelings blind us to the facts.