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unconscious
English
Etymology
un- +? conscious
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??n?k?n??s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??n?k?n??s/
- Hyphenation: un?con?scious
Adjective
unconscious (comparative more unconscious, superlative most unconscious)
- Not awake; having no awareness.
- After the anesthetist administered the general anesthetic the patient was unconscious.
- Without directed thought or awareness.
- My sudden fright was an unconscious response.
- 1884, Margaret Oliphant, The Wizard's Son
- It was intolerable, he felt, to sit and eat in presence of that silent figure partly turned away from him, jotting down the different amounts on a bit of paper, and absorbed in that occupation as if unconscious of his presence.
- (sports) engaged in skilled performance without conscious control.
- 1999, Joseph Leininger, Terry Whalin, Lessons from the Pit: A Successful Veteran of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, page 10
- "I was unconscious," the basketball player gushes. "It seemed like everything I threw up toward the basket went straight in."
- 1999, Joseph Leininger, Terry Whalin, Lessons from the Pit: A Successful Veteran of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, page 10
Synonyms
- (not awake; having no awareness): insentient, oblivious, out of it, out on one's feet, unaware, down for the count, lost to the world
- (skilled performance without conscious control): in the zone, on a roll
Translations
Noun
unconscious (plural unconsciouses)
- (psychology) Unconscious mind
Derived terms
- collective unconscious
Translations
Further reading
- "unconscious" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 320.
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blind
English
Alternative forms
- (archaic) blinde
Etymology
From Middle English blind, from Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bla?nd/
- Rhymes: -a?nd
Adjective
blind (comparative blinder, superlative blindest)
- (not comparable, of a person or animal) Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
- Synonym: sightless
- Antonyms: seeing, sighted
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island,
- He was plainly blind, for he tapped before him with a stick, and wore a great green shade over his eyes and nose...
- (not comparable, of an eye) Unable to be used to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
- (comparable) Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.
- (not comparable) Of a place, having little or no visibility.
- (not comparable) Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.
- (not comparable) Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.
- (in certain phrases, chiefly in the negative) Smallest or slightest.
- (not comparable) Without any prior knowledge.
- (not comparable) Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
- 1787–1788, John Jay, The Federalist Papers
- This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation.
- 1787–1788, John Jay, The Federalist Papers
- (sciences) Using blinded study design, wherein information is purposely limited to prevent bias.
- Unintelligible or illegible.
- (horticulture) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.
- (LGBT, slang) Uncircumcised
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- invisible (unable to be seen)
- anosmic
- deaf
- print disabled
Noun
blind (plural blinds)
- A covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
- A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
- Any device intended to conceal or hide.
- Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.
- (military) A blindage.
- A halting place.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- (rugby, colloquial) The blindside.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) No score.
- (poker) A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.
- (poker) A player who is forced to pay such a bet.
Synonyms
- (destination sign): rollsign (mainly US)
Derived terms
- big blind
- blinders
- small blind
- Venetian blind
- blind map
Translations
See also
- curtain
- jalousie
Verb
blind (third-person singular simple present blinds, present participle blinding, simple past and past participle blinded)
- (transitive) To make temporarily or permanently blind.
- May 9, 1686 (date of preaching), Robert South, The Fatal Imposture and Force of Words (sermon)
- A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is […] a much greater.
- May 9, 1686 (date of preaching), Robert South, The Fatal Imposture and Force of Words (sermon)
- (slang, obsolete) To curse.
- 1890, Rudyard Kipling, The Young British Soldier
- If you're cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind,
Don't grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind;
Be handy and civil, and then you will find
That it's beer for the young British soldier.
- If you're cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind,
- 1890, Rudyard Kipling, The Young British Soldier
- To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
- 1676, Edward Stillingfleet, A Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church of Rome
- The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound.
- 1676, Edward Stillingfleet, A Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church of Rome
- To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
Derived terms
- blind with science
- blinder
- blinding
- blindness
Translations
Adverb
blind (comparative more blind, superlative most blind)
- Without seeing; unseeingly.
- (colloquial) Absolutely, totally.
- (poker, three card brag) Without looking at the cards dealt.
- (cooking, especially in combination with 'bake') As a pastry case only, without any filling.
Translations
References
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch blind, from Middle Dutch blint, from Old Dutch *blint, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bl?nt/
Adjective
blind (attributive blinde, comparative blinder, superlative blindste)
- blind (unable to see)
Derived terms
- blindheid
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse blindr, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -end
Adjective
blind
- blind
Inflection
References
- “blind” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bl?nt/
- Hyphenation: blind
- Rhymes: -?nt
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch blint, from Old Dutch *blint, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.
Adjective
blind (comparative blinder, superlative blindst)
- blind (unable to see)
Inflection
Derived terms
- blinde vink
- blinde vlek
- blindheid
- verblinden
Descendants
- Afrikaans: blind
Etymology 2
From blinden.
Alternative forms
- blinde f
Noun
blind n (plural blinden, diminutive blindje n)
- window shutter
Synonyms
- luik
German
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German blint, from Proto-West Germanic *blind.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bl?nt/
Adjective
blind (comparative blinder, superlative am blindesten)
- blind
- (of a mirror or windowpane) cloudy
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 9:
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 9:
Declension
Derived terms
- blinder Passagier
- farbenblind
- nachtblind
See also
- blenden
Further reading
- “blind” in Duden online
German Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German blint, from Old Saxon blind. Cognate to Dutch blind, German blind.
Adjective
blind (comparative blinner, superlative blinnst)
- blind
Declension
Icelandic
Adjective
blind
- inflection of blindur:
- feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
- neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
- neuter plural accusative strong positive degree
Middle English
Alternative forms
- blynd, blend, blin
Etymology
From Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bli?nd/, /blind/
Adjective
blind
- blind, sightless
Descendants
- English: blind
- Scots: blind, blynd
- Yola: blin
References
- “bl??nd, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse blindr, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.
Adjective
blind (neuter singular blindt, definite singular and plural blinde)
- blind
Derived terms
References
- “blind” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse blindr, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz. Akin to English blind.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bl?n?/, /bl?nd/
Adjective
blind (masculine and feminine blind, neuter blindt, definite singular and plural blinde, comparative blindare, indefinite superlative blindast, definite superlative blindaste)
- blind
Derived terms
Verb
blind
- imperative of blinda
References
- “blind” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *blind.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blind/
Adjective
blind
- blind
- (substantive) a blind person
Declension
Related terms
- blindnes
- blendan
- blindl??e
Descendants
- Middle English: blind, blynd, blend, blin
- English: blind
- Scots: blind, blynd
- Yola: blin
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *blind.
Adjective
blind
- blind
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish blinder, from Old Norse blindr, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
blind (comparative blindare, superlative blindast)
- blind; unable or failing to see
Declension
Derived terms
- blindgång
- blindgångare
- blindbock
- blindstyre
- färgblind
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