blind

A destination blind (sense 2) on the side of a London bus

Meanings

Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.
Of a place, having little or no visibility.
Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.
Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.
Smallest or slightest.
Without any prior knowledge.
Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
Using blinded study design, wherein information is purposely limited to prevent bias.
Unintelligible or illegible.
Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.
Uncircumcised

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.
A blindage.
A hiding place.
The blindside.
No score.
A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.
A player who is forced to pay such a bet.

To make temporarily or permanently blind.
To curse.
To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
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.

From Middle English blynd, from Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.

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