blindfold
Americanverb (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.
noun
adjective
-
with the eyes covered.
a blindfold test.
-
rash; unthinking.
a blindfold denunciation before knowing the facts.
verb
-
to prevent (a person or animal) from seeing by covering (the eyes)
-
to prevent from perceiving or understanding
noun
-
a piece of cloth, bandage, etc, used to cover the eyes
-
any interference to sight
adjective
-
having the eyes covered with a cloth or bandage
-
chess not seeing the board and pieces
-
rash; inconsiderate
Other Word Forms
- unblindfolded adjective
Etymology
Origin of blindfold
1520–30; alteration, by association with fold 1, of blindfell to cover the eyes, strike blind, Middle English blindfellen; blind, fell 2
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
It was on the ship that we got one of the defining pictures of the whole operation - Maduro in handcuffs, wearing ear protectors and a type of blindfold that looked like dark sunglasses.
From BBC
In handcuffs, blindfolded and wearing a gray sweatsuit, he was on a U.S. warship, on his way to New York City to face narcoterrorism charges following a five-hour operation.
But then images of an apparently captive Maduro, blindfolded, in a sweatsuit soon circulated on social media.
From Los Angeles Times
He was blindfolded and couldn’t even read what he was signing until he was shown the document by a judge in a later court hearing, he recalled.
There again, maybe the laugh is on the rest of us, because these folks are still pulling down the big bucks, even after their predictions worked out worse than the proverbial blindfolded chimpanzee throwing darts.
From MarketWatch
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
