Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - blindfold
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Blindfold
blindfold
I. transitive verb Etymology: alteration of Middle English blindfellen, blindfelden to strike blind, ~, from blind + fellen to fell Date: 1533 1. to cover the eyes of with or as if with a bandage 2. to hinder from seeing; especially to keep from comprehension • ~ adjective II. noun Date: 1715 1. a bandage for covering the eyes 2. something that obscures mental or physical vision
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1.
v., n., adj., & adv. --v.tr. 1 deprive (a person) of sight by covering the eyes, esp. with a tied cloth. 2 deprive of understanding; hoodwink. --n. 1 a bandage or cloth used to blindfold. 2 any obstruction to understanding. --adj. & adv. 1 with eyes bandaged. 2 without care or circumspection (went into it blindfold). 3 Chess without sight of board and men. Etymology: replacing (by assoc. with FOLD(1)) ME blindfellen, past part. blindfelled (FELL(1)) strike blind ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. повязка на глазах 2. с завязанными глазами 3. действующий вслепую, безрассудный 4. с завязанными глазами 5. вслепую to know one'way blindfold —- прекрасно знать дорогу 6. безрассудно to act blindfold —- действовать вслепую или безрассудно 7. завязывать глаза 8. ослеплять; мешать увидеть (что-л.) или разобраться (в чем-л.) prejudies blindfold the mind —- предрассудки ослепляют ум ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
(blindfolds, blindfolding, blindfolded) 1. A blindfold is a strip of cloth that is tied over someone’s eyes so that they cannot see. N-COUNT 2. If you blindfold someone, you tie a blindfold over their eyes. His abductors blindfolded him and drove him to a flat in southern Beirut... The report says prisoners were often kept blindfolded. VERB: V n, V-ed 3. If someone does something blindfold, they do it while wearing a blindfold. The Australian chess grandmaster Ian Rogers took on six opponents blindfold and beat five. ADJ: ADJ after v 4. If you say that you can do something blindfold, you are emphasizing that you can do it easily, for example because you have done it many times before. He read the letter again although already he could have recited its contents blindfold. PHRASE c darkgreen]emphasis ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
4.
~1 n a piece of cloth that covers someone's eyes to prevent them from seeing anything ~2 v to cover someone's eyes (Blindfold the prisoner!) ~3 adv also blindfolded 1 with your eyes covered 2 can do sth blindfold informal used to say that it is very easy for you to do something because you have done it so often ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
5.
- O.E. (ge)blindfellian "to strike blind," altered by similarity to fold, from blind + Anglian gefeollan "to strike down," as in to fell a tree. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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