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[syn: blindfold, blindfolded]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
blindfold \blind"fold`\, n.
a flexible object placed over the eyes to prevent seeing;
usually a strip of cloth wrapped around the head so as to
cover the eyes.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Blindfold \Blind"fold`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blindfolded; p.
pr. & vb. n. Blindfolding.] [OE. blindfolden, blindfelden,
blindfellen; AS. blind blind + prob. fellan, fyllan, to fell,
strike down.]
To cover the eyes of, as with a bandage; to hinder from
seeing.
[1913 Webster]
And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on
the face. --Luke xxii.
64.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Blindfold \Blind"fold`\, a.
Having the eyes covered; blinded; having the mental eye
darkened. Hence: Heedless; reckless; as, blindfold zeal;
blindfold fury.
[1913 Webster]
Fate's blindfold reign the atheist loudly owns.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
blindfold
adj 1: wearing a blindfold [syn: blindfold, blindfolded]
n 1: a cloth used to cover the eyes
v 1: cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing;
"the hostage was blindfolded and driven away"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "blindfold":
bandage, bedazzle, benight, blind, blind the eyes, blinders,
blinds, blinkers, darken, daze, dazzle, deprive of sight, dim,
eclipse, excecate, eye patch, glare, gouge, hoodwink, make blind,
obscure, snow-blind, strike blind