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blindfold

[ blahynd-fohld ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to prevent or occlude sight by covering (the eyes) with a cloth, bandage, or the like; cover the eyes of.
  2. to impair the awareness or clear thinking of:

    Don't let their hospitality blindfold you to the true purpose of their invitation.



noun

  1. a cloth or bandage put before the eyes to prevent seeing.

adjective

  1. with the eyes covered:

    a blindfold test.

  2. rash; unthinking:

    a blindfold denunciation before knowing the facts.

blindfold

/ ˈ²ú±ô²¹Éª²Ô»åËŒ´Úəʊ±ô»å /

verb

  1. to prevent (a person or animal) from seeing by covering (the eyes)
  2. to prevent from perceiving or understanding
“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

noun

  1. a piece of cloth, bandage, etc, used to cover the eyes
  2. any interference to sight
“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

adjective

  1. having the eyes covered with a cloth or bandage
  2. chess not seeing the board and pieces
  3. rash; inconsiderate
“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
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of blindfold1

1520–30; alteration, by association with fold 1, of blindfell to cover the eyes, strike blind, Middle English blindfellen; blind, fell 2
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of blindfold1

changed (C16) through association with fold 1from Old English blindfellian to strike blind; see blind , fell ²
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After that, he adds, he was pulled from the wreckage by Israeli soldiers, arrested and blindfolded.

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He told AP he was blindfolded, forced to sleep under a “freezing†air conditioner and he “heard the voices of soldiers laughing about me.â€

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In detention - where he said he was blindfolded and held beneath a cold air conditioner - soldiers joked about him being an Oscar winner.

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He repeated claims that Israeli soldiers left Ballal “blindfolded and handcuffed†for the entirety of his time in custody.

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Egoyan intersperses scenes set in the present with home video footage of Jeanine as a child, shot by her own father, blindfolded and doing strange dances in the woods.

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