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Verb
/blīnd/,
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blinds, 3rd person singular present; blinding, present participle; blinded, past tense; blinded, past participle;
  1. Cause (someone) to be unable to see, permanently or temporarily
    • - the injury temporarily blinded him
    • - eyes blinded with tears
  2. Deprive (someone) of understanding, judgment, or perception
    • - a clever tactician blinded by passion
    • - somehow Clare and I were blinded to the truth
  3. Confuse or overawe someone with something difficult to understand
    • - they try to blind you with science
Noun
  1. People who are unable to see
    • - guide dogs for the blind
  2. An obstruction to sight or light, in particular

  3. A screen for a window, esp. one on a roller or made of slats
    • - she pulled down the blinds
  4. An awning over a shop window

  5. Something designed to conceal one's real intentions
    • - he phoned again from his own home: that was just a blind for his wife
  6. A hiding place
    • - you can sometimes use your car as a blind
  7. A camouflaged shelter used by hunters to get close to wildlife
    • - a duck blind
  8. A heavy drinking bout
    • - he's off on a blind again
  9. A legitimate business concealing a criminal enterprise

  1. A window blind is a type of window covering which is made with slats of fabric, wood, plastic or metal that adjust by rotating from an open position to a closed position by allowing slats to overlap. A roller blind does not have slats but comprises a single piece of material. ...
  2. The blinds are forced bets posted by players to the left of the dealer button in flop-style poker games. The number of blinds is usually two, but can be one or three.
  3. The dead-ends of the Mazes, it also means anything impossible or hopeless, as in, "He'll hit the blinds if he tries lying to the factol."
  4. A walk way between two passenger cars covered with either canvas or leather in an accordion shape. From the outside of the blinds to the outer edge of the cars there was a space about 24 inches wide. ...
  5. A forced bet in Hold'em Poker.
  6. a bet someone must place down while playing Hold-Em poker
  7. Water samples containing a chemical of known concentration given a fictitious company name and slipped into the sample flow of the lab to test the impartiality of the lab staff.
  8. Blinds were created to make sure there was a pot to play for in poker. The term blinds are used because players post money in the pot before they receive their hole cards which make the bet a blind bet. Blinds are in principle the only expense that is forced when playing poker. ...
  9. Obligatory bets in Texas Hold'em Poker.
  10. Window coverings made of either horizontal or vertical slats that can be rotated for light and privacy control. Horizontal blinds may be drawn up and vertical blinds may be drawn to the side for an unobstructed view.
  11. (Shutters) Light wood sections in the form of doors to close over windows to shut out light, give protection, or add temporary insulation. Commonly used now for ornamental purposes, in which case they are fastened rigidly to the building.
  12. Metal, vinyl, or wood slates are held together by draw cord or other connectors in a horizontal or vertical position. Blinds can be raised or lowered in their entirety or the angle of the slats can be adjusted for light and privacy control.
  13. Panels of textile which can be drawn down inside or outside a window to control daylight or heat from the sun
  14. This term is associated with the game of Hold'em Poker. Blinds are nothing but forced bets.
  15. To get betting started in many poker games, blinds are required. A blind is a forced bet. The first player clockwise from the dealer is required to place a bet to start the round. This is called a small-blind. ...
  16. Sunscreen Blinds, Timber and Aluminium Venetians, Panel Glides, Roman blinds, Roller Blinds and Bonded Blinds.
  17. blinds are poker specific compulsory bets. Before the hand is dealt two players who are sitting after the dealer has to place the small and big blind. ...
  18. Forced bets paid to make sure that there is some action on every hand of poker.
  19. Blinds are an alternative to antes. There is a big blind and a little blind. These will be for fixed amounts and increase when a player is knocked out of a game. The small blind usually is half the amount of the large blind. ...
  20. The blinds may seem to be a complicated term when reading about a poker game but the fact is that they symbolize the simple bets which are made during the game by the players. These bets ranges from small to big bets in which the bigger bets are twice the size of the small one’s. ...
  21. Money used in place of an ante in a flop type game such as Hold'em to initiate action.
  22. Big and Small are two forced bets at the beginning of each round.
  23. The (usually two) players immediately to the left of the button who are forced to put a partial or full bet into the pot prior to having cards dealt to them. In essence, they are betting “blind”, hence the name. ...
  24. This is short for "blind bets," and are the forced bets made before the cards are dealt. In Hold'em, there is a Big Blind and a Small Blind and they take the place of the "ante."