browse words by letter
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
more about blinding
blinding |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blind \Blind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blinded}; p. pr & vb n. {Blinding}.] 1. To make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment. ``To blind the truth and me.'' --Tennyson. A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is . . . a much greater. --South. 2. To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to to dazzle. Her beauty all the rest did blind. --P. Fletcher. 3. To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive. Such darkness blinds the sky. --Dryden. The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound. --Stillingfleet. 4. To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blinding \Blind"ing\, a. Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding; obscuring; as blinding tears; blinding snow. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blinding \Blind"ing\, n. A thin coating of sand and fine gravel over a newly paved road. See {Blind}, v. t., 4. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: blinding adj : shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun" [syn: {blazing}, {dazzling}, {fulgent}, {glaring}, {glary}]
more about blinding
This work is licensed under a
