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blindfold

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blind·fold  (blndfld)
tr.v. blind·fold·ed, blind·fold·ing, blind·folds
1. To cover the eyes of with or as if with a bandage.
2. To prevent from seeing and especially from comprehending.
n.
1. A bandage to cover the eyes.
2. Something that serves to obscure clear perception.

[From Middle English blindfolde, past participle of blindfellen, to strike blind, cover the eyes, from Old English geblindfellian : blind, blind; see blind + fellian, to strike down.]

blindfolded adj.

blindfold
Verb
to prevent (a person or animal) from seeing by covering the eyes
Noun
a piece of cloth used to cover the eyes
Adjective, adv
having the eyes covered with a cloth [Old English blindfellian to strike blind]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.blindfoldblindfold - a cloth used to cover the eyes      
cloth covering - a covering made of cloth
Verb1.blindfold - cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing; "the hostage was blindfolded and driven away"
cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"
Adj.1.blindfold - wearing a blindfold
blind, unsighted - unable to see; "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan
Translations
blindfold [ˈblaɪndfəuld] nvenda
adj, advcon los ojos vendados
vtvendar los ojos a
blindfold [ˈblaɪndfəuld] blind nbandeau m
adj, advles yeux bandés
vtbander les yeux à
blindfold [ˈblaɪndfəuld] nAugenbinde f
adj, advmit verbundenen Augen
blindfold [ˈblaɪndfəuld] nbenda
adj, advbendato/a
vtbendare gli occhi a


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Then he was again led somewhere still blindfold, and as they went along he was told allegories of the toils of his pilgrimage, of holy friendship, of the Eternal Architect of the universe, and of the courage with which he should endure toils and dangers.
Tom slipped out in good season with his aunt's old tin lantern, and a large towel to blindfold it with.
If I had been tossed down blindfold on that red prairie, I should have known that it was spring.
 
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